How to Use racy in a Sentence

racy

adjective
  • There are some racy titles in there.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
  • But Sweeney is just as racy meme-ready now as ever.
    — Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Porsche is bringing a racy twist to boring kitchen gear.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The post included a racy photo of Peltz in bed.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • So racy on the silky palate, it is accented by foresty and coastal notes of wild fennel and bay leaf.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Megan Fox has posted her latest set of racy photos.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Alix Earle posed in a sexy dress that featured racy side cutouts.
    — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Going for the racy look meant dropping the roofline about five inches lower than that of the sedans.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 May 2023
  • The team of the party was ‘racy’, a pun on Matthews’ love for motorsports.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Boordy won the trophy a few years ago for its albariño, a racy white wine from grapes grown in the same area.
    — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
  • That means some careful lyrical revisions are in store for some of his racier bars.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
  • When she is discovered … she is discovered in this sort of racy lingerie.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024
  • When she is discovered … she is discovered in this sort of racy lingerie.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 3 June 2023
  • Maddix later found a racy video of the couple on Sandoval’s phone.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
  • Bertazzoni range for half price and was blown away by the impact the racy Italian design had on the space.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Red hair is definitely new for Brittany, but serving a racy swim look?
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
  • This is racy and fresh, with flavors of nectarine and mango, unencumbered by oak.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Yet for all the racy effusion, the point wasn’t so much self-exposure as self-expression.
    — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Yet for all the racy effusion, the point wasn’t so much self-exposure as self-expression.
    — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • In the racy snap, Baldwin is seen showing off her tattoos and wearing nothing but a towel on her head.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Today’s breakfast is Ethiopian red lentils, red and racy with berbere, and collard greens, shot through with garlic.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • The interior, with its Bosch electronics, is just as racy.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The dress code for the wedding may have been daring, as Kim Kardashian also wore a racy look.
    — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
  • The brand's website is yet to be up and running (save for a racy promotional video of Sweeney in black lingerie).
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Last wardrobe malfunction Just a moment ago, things could have gotten really racy.
    — Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Red, white and metallic looks dominated the carpet, in addition to racy plunging gowns with cutouts or high slits.
    — Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Ives went animal for it, reimagining two archival Choo styles — a knee boot and mule — in racy cheetah print and sexy zebra.
    — Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The design is racy, and the front seats feature dramatic bolstering and light-up M logos.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 3 Apr. 2023
  • While the novels have been famously racy, James has always wanted to keep the covers subdued.
    — Mary Cadden, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Kardashian proved her tastemaker status just last week, sporting a racy leather look for a night out in Miami.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023

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