salacious
adjective
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Examples of salacious in a Sentence
Norma Clarke, Times Literary Supplement, 21 Nov. 2008
From snarky political commentary to salacious "memoirs" that flirt with both fact and fiction, scores of bloggers have gotten the book deal boon—with mixed results at the register.
—Eunice Lee et al., Hyphen, Winter 2007
There's little difference between the junk mail in your mailbox and the junk e-mail that appears on your monitor, except that the e-mail is often of a salacious nature, e.g., the "hot, live XXX action" available at various dark alleyways on the web.
—Michael Saunders, Boston Globe, 6 Oct.1997
a song with salacious lyrics
the salacious Greek god Pan is generally portrayed as having the legs, horns, and ears of a goat
J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
He’s spent the last several weeks gag-ordered and squirming as his salacious behavior is examined in forensic detail at a hush-money, election-fraud trial in New York.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
Talati’s feature is sensual, not salacious, and wise about generational jealousies and the emotional (and at times damaging) tug-of-war between a mother and daughter.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
Continue reading … - POLITICS TOP MOMENTS – Highlights from Trump trial after 'salacious' Stormy Daniels testimony.
—Fox News, 8 May 2024
Day 1 of Trump’s criminal trial featured haggling over what salacious evidence could be shown to the jury — which could take days or even weeks to be seated.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Not only did the popular Vanderpump Rules star part ways with her longtime boyfriend Tom Sandoval after a particularly salacious cheating scandal, but the former bartender also found a new East Coast love interest and made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
His writing revealed Radziwill and Kennedy Onassis' most salacious secrets, which resulted in Capote's excommunication from their social circle.
—Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
What follows, albeit in list form rather than on a two-dimensional grid, is a ranking of TV dramas about British royals from least to most salacious, taking into account both luridness and seriousness.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Salacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salacious. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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