How to Use psychosexual in a Sentence

psychosexual

adjective
  • As though its combination of body horror and psychosexual terror wasn't enough to chew on.
    — Corey Atad, Esquire, 22 May 2017
  • Most recently, she was announced as the lead role in the psychosexual thriller Love Bomb.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Plot details are under wraps but the story is billed as a psychosexual thriller with themes of voyeurism, set against a corporate backdrop.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • And then how does his story become this sort of conspiracy-laden psychosexual occult thriller?
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • What shocked Early in the few years that followed was how quickly the online food world ditched that calming content for a psychosexual hellscape.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
  • The show follows their slow descent into psychosexual madness.
    — The Rachel Weisz Gay Index, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The novel is a gothic, psychosexual thriller in the vein of Rebecca and Gone Girl.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
  • All this, plus a special surprise for fans of Alyssa Milano and/or psychosexual intrigue!
    — Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2022
  • There’s a lot of psychosexual layering to peel back here, in other words, or there would be if Lyne were more fully in control of his material.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • But Clay’s psychosexual and personal freefall does not land him at a Long Island orgy for the super rich.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Through it all, the lawsuit claims that Kids Central failed to get psychosexual evaluations for the troubled boy.
    — Michael Braga, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2020
  • This has kinky potential, and director Marc Forster makes a feint in the direction of psychosexual thriller.
    — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The film is a psychosexual thriller brimming with homoeroticism and medical textbook kink.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
  • Set for a July 10 release date, the psychosexual thriller explores a darker side to caregiving.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • These specialists are known as 'psychosexual therapists' because they are trained to look at both the mind and body in their approach to treating conditions like vaginismus.
    — Ella Glover, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Floyd’s vulnerability in the midst of this psychosexual maelstrom provides the show’s creative spark.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Soon local bands spotted his postings and asked him to make music videos, charmed by the way the low-tech look of his cartoons heightened the perversity of his adult-only psychosexual dramas.
    — Barbara Pollack, New York Times, 18 May 2018
  • But like much else in The Saviors, that almost psychosexual component is an intriguing idea that, once presented, just sits there.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Joubert, 33, claimed the murders were the culmination of years of psychosexual fantasies.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The Conformist comes to mind, as the great model for a cinematic mapping of fascism’s psychosexual pathologies.
    — Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The Palme d’Or–winning psychosexual thriller is finally in theaters!
    — Marley Marius, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Plus, the Trumps have none of Alma and Reynolds Woodcock’s haunting yet torrid psychosexual appeal.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Sydney Sweeney deserves something for all of the high-wire psychosexual chaos Sam Levinson put her through on Euphoria.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
  • If the troubles of Rama’s mother informed her psychosexual discoveries, those of her father were no less formative.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 11 May 2017
  • And in the psychosexual folie à deux between Vernham and Zubak, there’s a canny use of infatuation as a metaphor for a cult of personality.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 3 Mar. 2024
  • But their meeting takes on a psychosexual twist as Billy starts to open up Kris’ world in ways the 29-year-old director couldn’t have anticipated.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
  • What seemed at first like simple transactional espionage is revealed to have a disturbing psychosexual and parasocial dimension.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Among her mentors was Helen Singer Kaplan, a leader in psychosexual therapy.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
  • As the Guardian notes, Stone isn’t interested in returning for more psychosexual brinksmanship.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
  • For a sexy, twisty-turny, biting psychosexual thriller set around pools, see Jacques Deray’s 1969 La Piscine.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025

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