How to Use titillating in a Sentence

titillating

adjective
  • The images and the language are crude and titillating, meant to fill seats and make a quick buck.
    — Jordan Crucchiola, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2015
  • Both titillating and fun, this work turned out to be a good bridge between the Mozart works.
    — Elijah Ho, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2017
  • Fans will look back at this pick as a vital, if not titillating, selection.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Worse, they're fueled by the logic that possession alone is no longer titillating.
    — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
  • There, things took a more titillating turn and revelers ended the evening with an ideal balance of naughty and nice.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2018
  • Just the titillating sounds of a random man whispering not-so-sweet nothings into my ear.
    — Rachel Khona, Allure, 23 Apr. 2019
  • This usually led to a titillating piece of gossip in return.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Under normal circumstances, this scene would have been the most titillating moment in the film.
    — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2020
  • But these are little more than titillating carnival rides compared to true space travel.
    — Andrew Maynard, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2017
  • In fact, the Joseph situation might be even more titillating.
    — David Murphy, Philly.com, 12 July 2017
  • So say goodbye to some of the most titillating baseball, courtesy of Game 163, played over the years.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Where to go next is never in question, and the sightlines propel you forward with titillating but nondistracting peeks at what’s ahead.
    — Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2020
  • To distill her down to a single titillating picture does a disservice to the breadth of her accomplishments.
    — Mallory Andrews, Esquire, 28 Dec. 2016
  • There’s obviously a lot of very titillating parts, but for whatever reason, the part that sticks out is her disdain for parmesan cheese.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2020
  • For 20-plus years, Puffy has clotheslined his foes with his unprecedented success and titillating ideas.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The founders divorced in 2015, some titillating details of which became public.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 24 July 2017
  • The aftermath isn’t quite as titillating as the disappearance.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2020
  • In recent months, the directorate’s Twitter account has become some of the most titillating reading in Kenya.
    — Max Bearak, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
  • But, according to Delevingne, the situation going on behind the scenes with the trio of actors was far more titillating.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
  • Nevertheless, the single is perhaps made more unique with just Tyler's raspy voice integrated with the titillating barrage of sounds.
    — Alexandra Holterman, Billboard, 19 July 2017
  • And thus, is thoroughly qualified to take on the equal parts titillating and terrifying task of becoming a Manson girl.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Even women wrestling’s more titillating history is getting the serious treatment, albeit through the lens of comedy.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 3 July 2018
  • In addition to the titillating marketing of the naked experience, the Alise is playing up something a bit more wholesome.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The titillating moment got an audible reaction from women in our theater audience.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • When Kitt as Catwoman interrupts the affair, her skintight, shimmery noir catsuit is a titillating, sharp gasp against all that dull prettiness.
    — Scott Calonico, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
  • As well as being a spiritual experience for her, Jackson said that nudity doesn't always have to be titillating.
    — Amy MacKelden, Marie Claire, 13 May 2017
  • Velez and Taymour posted a different variety of content—less titillating, in alignment with their respective brands.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Given the source material, Instinct could have become a titillating, trashy Fifty Shades of Grey-style erotic thriller.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Women's Winner Was a Man became a headline and, inevitably, a titillating national story.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 28 June 2019
  • Another season of Dancing with the Stars means another season of passionate paso dobles, charming cha chas, and titillating tangos.
    — Patrick Gomez, PEOPLE.com, 2 Sep. 2017

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