As we might expect, prurience is to the fore; the report is quite graphic in its descriptions, so please exercise caution because it may be triggering. From Wordnik.com. [Teenager denies killing transgender woman] Reference
Besides this being a showing up of the critics' own prurience which is really just an ingrown Puritanism it's also a display of their literal-mindedness. From Wordnik.com. [The not so tragic muse] Reference
"This is no more than prurience on stilts," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Johnnie Cochran's Odd Libel Suit Hits Post Tough Gal Andrea Peyser] Reference
Questioning is one thing; harassment and prurience are another. From Wordnik.com. [From Softball to Bridget Jones] Reference
She rolled her eyes at him, and he pretended a scowl at her prurience. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Destiny]
He was too constricted for prurience of any sort, much less this kind. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
They were greeted with a mixture of scandalized contempt and prurience. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Too late -- I'm afraid the nausea of repressed prurience already ruined us. From Wordnik.com. [Susie Bright: Girls Gone Wild-- Producer Gone to Hell] Reference
No safe yuk-yuks about “endearing” foibles, or Imus-style tone-deaf prurience. From Wordnik.com. [Why Tell the Jokes?] Reference
But we can all be shamed by that gap and prurience has a vile way of justifying itself. From Wordnik.com. [Relationships Of Mutual Mistrust] Reference
Momentarily torn between duty and prurience, Ronald Bueno masturbates violently, twice. From Wordnik.com. [fiction: four-letter words] Reference
A virtual cornucopia of hedonism and prurience exists free on our friend the Internets!. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Laermer: The Week That Was] Reference
I remember the real (and obvious) reason why students read such columns: adolescent prurience. From Wordnik.com. [Never Mind Tolstoy] Reference
It's prurience that is the real motive for printing stories of a private nature. cuffleyburgers. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
And this mixture of nosiness and prurience will have a worse grip on humanity than any of those. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories Vol 1]
Anger, prurience, invective, conspiracy theory -- all are native flowers on the American landscape. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
Yes, that really gets the morning off to truly delightful start. 14%/10%, to satisfy your prurience. From Wordnik.com. [The clicking digits of mortality] Reference
Technology has provided an array of useful tools for walking the line between prurience and prudence. From Wordnik.com. [Navigating TV's Shifting Taste Boundaries] Reference
But the most notable aspect of Scalia's decision was not its prejudice or its prurience but its politics. From Wordnik.com. [Justice Rip Van Winkle] Reference
Andrew Burstein examines the question without prurience or presentism and concludes that he doesn't quite know. From Wordnik.com. [Was Washington Irving gay?] Reference
Yattmur offered no resistance, and when their simple prurience was satisfied, they left her alone in her corner. From Wordnik.com. [HOTHOUSE]
You can sort of put up with it from the NOTW, it's their stock-in-trade, but the prurience of the MoS is repugnant. From Wordnik.com. [It's About That Old Fashioned Thing Called Shame] Reference
Some exchanges about Polanski's offence do, indeed, display almost comical prurience on the part of his persecutors. From Wordnik.com. [Polanski's 'genius' is only a defence to the morally vacuous] Reference
Yet the audience – an English theater audience, remember — betrayed no signs of restlessness, anxiety or even prurience. From Wordnik.com. [London Theater Journal: The Cost of Everything - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
But if all had trackers that could be activated as soon as reported stolen why would you need ANPR apart from for prurience. From Wordnik.com. [5 Ways To Reduce Car Crime] Reference
Looking at some of the paintings in this gallery, with their odd mix of prurience and idealization, it is easy to understand this analysis. From Wordnik.com. [Venice: The Masters in Boston] Reference
I can't speak for everyone, but I do not think I'm responding to these shows because of prurience, or because I simply like to see things blow up. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Rotello: Nuclear Porn, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love '24'] Reference
While most citizens shut their windows and averted their eyes, a fellow named Tom succumbed to prurience and bored holes in his shutters so he could watch. From Wordnik.com. [Our Pryin' Eyes] Reference
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