How to Use erotic in a Sentence

erotic

adjective
  • Richard Gere once again cannot get a break in an erotic thriller.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Men's Health, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Rooting for her to get laid is one of the erotic peaks of the movie.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2023
  • At the same time, the erotic-thriller genre rose in prominence.
    — The Economist, 9 Dec. 2019
  • But their erotic films are about so much more than just turning on their fans.
    — Brooke Obie, refinery29.com, 28 June 2021
  • Brute men with white boots laced over their spinachy calves, toiling in erotic chaos.
    — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Still, viewers were quick to read the tangles of rosy limbs as erotic.
    — Zoë Lescaze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • This year, the final erotic frames were shot on the premises.
    — hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
  • This year, the final erotic frames were shot on the premises.
    — Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
  • This came out in 1988 — the erotic thriller was alive and well.
    — refinery29.com, 1 May 2022
  • There was something erotic for her in the melting of the wax, the weight of the seal.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • Is there a parallel to be drawn to the erotic stories in the ?
    — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Watch the first trailer for the erotic drama in the video below.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The 17 rooms in our home in Echo Park are filled with erotic art.
    — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2022
  • What would a list of erotic thrillers be without something French?
    — Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Her work was rooted in a belief that erotic art was not taboo — but deeply human.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • There’s an erotic charge to it, a desire for the clinging girl but even more so for the boy who has her.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2020
  • In the movies, even casual erotic hookups tend to be viewed through a sheen of stardom.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But the binge-y, erotic crime thriller wasn’t always at Netflix.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The scene is vivid and erotic, and Paltrow won an Oscar for her role.
    — Rhonda Garelick, The Cut, 23 Oct. 2017
  • But at the midpoint, the hue of erotic memories seems to alter.
    — Jane Alison june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
  • So — romances, action thrillers, erotic thrillers.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The film is described as an erotic thriller set in New York’s fashion world.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
  • In fact, your erotic desire may become enflamed.
    — Kyle Thomas, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The film takes place between the family’s home and the erotic theater.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Her ways of doing this involve eye contact and gentle, non-erotic, touch.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Margo writes scripts, plans costumes and makeup, blocks scenes, and dreams up plot arcs for her erotic-alien alter ego.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • The film opens with what sounds like erotic groaning over a black screen, which is revealed to be the final gasps of a man being hanged.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The back of the knee is a surprisingly erotic spot, sensitive to light touch and teasing.
    — Essence, 11 Sep. 2025

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