How to Use sensuous in a Sentence

sensuous

adjective
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  • The sensuous sounds of soul music created a warm atmosphere.
  • A gentle, sensuous breeze caressed our faces.
  • The black looks that opened the show, dripping in crystals and cut to reveal all the strangest, most sensuous parts of the body, are his Black Toiles.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The painting’s sensuous rolling hills recall the curves of the human body, with the pink and gray folds of paint calling forth the matter of the human mind.
    — NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The book hits retailers on March 27, but scroll down for a sneak peek of Pei’s lush, sensuous designs.
    — Morgan Sykes, The Cut, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The commitment to the sensuous world seems to be a way of writing female passion.
    — Lara Feigel, The New Republic, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Brown got her hips working on a sensuous rumba in round one.
    — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Its flavors follow a spicy line, but the texture — firm but not hard, with a chewy give to the tannins — is sensuous and vibrant.
    — Patrick Comiskey, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • Hyde points to a scene in which Nancy asks Leo to take off his shirt and embarks on a slow, sensuous exploration of his body.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
  • A couple could have a lot of fun, even get frisky over such tactile, sensuous dining.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2017
  • By this time, Gonzalès had developed a loose, sensuous touch very much in the mold of Manet.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Though perhaps the Olds poem, if frankly sensuous, best reflected the spirit of the day.
    — Thessaly La Force, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2018
  • And the slow, sensuous dream dance of Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn), seemingly trapped in the prison of her own mind, to close the sixteenth episode.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2017
  • At the time, a genre of sensuous, lo-fi synth music called chillwave was gaining prominence.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
  • It’s set dressing and stage lighting, of course—a sensuous office in which no one takes much pleasure.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2024
  • But while the 2019 concept had hard lines, creases, and wedge shapes, the Prophecy goes to the other end of the spectrum, featuring smoother lines and sensuous curves.
    — Mihir Maddireddy, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The photos were sensuous and a little gauzy—like stills from a modern soap opera, filtered through a peach-colored screen.
    — Marris Adikwu, Vogue, 12 May 2021
  • New tile floors, banquettes in flocked fabric, velvet drapes, and sensuous lighting will fill the space.
    — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
  • No one looks like him, with his thick pompadour, sensuous, downturned lips and doleful eyes.
    — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • But even then, a sensuous, feminine side had started to push through.
    — Briana Miller | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022
  • From its clean and sensuous body cut-lines to its soothing earth-tone and walnut interior, this wagon is a feast for the eyes.
    — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Coffee lovers value not only a strong aroma from a good cup of joe, but a sensuous mouthfeel as well.
    — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Here and there sand dunes intruded, softly sensuous in a wilderness of rock.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Just this side of vanilla is enough for everyday wear, but sensuous enough for going out.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Bea lingered in the Henry Moore gallery for a bit, his heroic bronzes splayed out, those solid, sensuous women.
    — Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Dora Milaje honors the female form by having the harness that wraps around the female body in a very sensuous way.
    — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Feb. 2019
  • Their faces are a footnote in a scene primed to explore the ravel of limbs, the sensuous indentations of spine, shoulder blades, and muscle.
    — Vulture, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Ree also cuts at times to a sensuous painting of Nordland and his girlfriend in bed that Kysilkova has been working on.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The friction between those two perspectives fascinates Femme, a volatile, sensuous revenge film in which the body and its desires don’t lie.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 May 2024
  • Over twinkling beats and vaporous grooves, Aiko was astral and organic, graceful and sensuous.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024

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