How to Use erotic in a Sentence

erotic

adjective
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  • Rooting for her to get laid is one of the erotic peaks of the movie.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2023
  • This came out in 1988 — the erotic thriller was alive and well.
    — refinery29.com, 1 May 2022
  • The 17 rooms in our home in Echo Park are filled with erotic art.
    — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The erotic parts of the diary could be self-mocking, too.
    — Daniel Lewis, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • That none of it was the least bit erotic was no surprise.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2022
  • Richard Gere once again cannot get a break in an erotic thriller.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Men's Health, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The fact that the lovers conform to a type, in their sighing and gasping, seems to buoy up, not to pop, the erotic mood.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Watch the first trailer for the erotic drama in the video below.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The rose was the flower of Eros, the Greco-Roman god of passion and erotic love.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 25 June 2023
  • If the erotic thrillers of the past explored the dangers of lust, Park Chan-wook explores the risks of longing.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Still, viewers were quick to read the tangles of rosy limbs as erotic.
    — Zoë Lescaze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • And then the second one is: What is the nature of erotic desire?
    — Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The erotic tension in the Jackass movies is more daring.
    — Armond White, National Review, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The film takes place between the family’s home and the erotic theater.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2022
  • In the movies, even casual erotic hookups tend to be viewed through a sheen of stardom.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But their erotic films are about so much more than just turning on their fans.
    — Brooke Obie, refinery29.com, 28 June 2021
  • Rubbed her shoulders and kissed her and engaged in all of the many things that are part of the erotic life of many loving couples?
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • First to go was Anaïs Nin, who had held the title for most copies sold of an erotic novel in one week since 2004.
    — Jamie Fewery, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • And what were the circumstances of your reunion with Sydney for 2021’s erotic thriller, The Voyeurs?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The Belchers read Tina’s erotic fan fiction and try to thwart her from going through with her plans.
    — Hau Chu, Washington Post, 22 May 2022
  • The look is like neon even in daylight, adding considerably to the movie’s erotic charge.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
  • The Enchanters continues along the same lines and throws some erotic fan fiction into the mix.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There's just one shot of all of us, oiled up, shirtless, doing the most erotic dances on the tarmac before even going to the beach.
    — Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
  • Inside are erotic works of art over the bar and wood-paneling that goes from floor to ceilings.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
  • Bonny and Read’s scenes on the show include some over-the-top erotic stabbings and poisonings.
    — WIRED, 26 Oct. 2023
  • In recent years, erotic dancers have slowly earned more rights.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • What if the relationship is not erotic at its core, but parental?
    — Irina Dumitrescu, Longreads, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Her latest film, The Voyeurs, revisits a ’90s favorite genre: the erotic thriller.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The film explores power dynamics in the workplace and has been described as an erotic thriller.
    — Charley Ross, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2024
  • As the chapter unfolds, it’s revealed that the cat-and-mouse chase at the beginning of the film stems from an erotic encounter between The Lady and The Demon that’s spun out of control.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024

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