The Liberals let the budget pass, which left the Harper government in office but in a state of political semi-tumescence, which is where it's been since those first days. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
For those who know what "tumescence" is, the term makes a lot of sense. From Wordnik.com. [Hey Murdoch, Take a lesson from the Smut Kings - Jim Louderback - MediaBizBloggers] Reference
On the other hand, the tumescence of the parts in women is usually. From Wordnik.com. [Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living Some Things That All Sane People Ought to Know About Sex Nature and Sex Functioning; Its Place in the Economy of Life, Its Proper Training and Righteous Exercise] Reference
I would say, the profligate profiteers confuse tumescence with goodness. From Wordnik.com. [Propaganda 101] Reference
That Meerkat is representative of the current level of tumescence in my pants. From Wordnik.com. [PLAY THE ROLE MODELS MAMMARY GAME] Reference
VPOTUS: protecting your peace of mind from pharmacologically-enabled tumescence since 2007. From Wordnik.com. [Caption This Cheny Pic] Reference
Actually, he joked that the mere mention of the word "preemptive" would initiate tumescence. From Wordnik.com. [Ariel Gonzalez: Christopher Hitchens: A Narcissistic Manchild] Reference
(Actually, he joked that the mere mention of the word "preemptive" would initiate tumescence.). From Wordnik.com. [Ariel Gonzalez: Christopher Hitchens: A Narcissistic Manchild] Reference
So while over 50% of homophobic men demonstrated tumescence, SOME 24% of the non-homophobic men also did. From Wordnik.com. [Letters From Neighborhood Bigots « Whatever] Reference
The smut-hound, dipping into Thy Neighbor's Wife in bookshop or library, won't find much to induce tumescence. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. P, Mrs. V, and Mr. T] Reference
In our Elysian suburban dystopias they are regularly stroked to full tumescence by the worlds oldest profession. From Wordnik.com. [No one here but us Critical Analysis-ists... - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Similarly, while 24% of the nonhomophobic men showed definite tumescence while watching the homosexual video, 54% of the homophobic men did. From Wordnik.com. [The Thought Police] Reference
Tease your sanctimony to a tumescence of glistening splendour if you like, but I hate red nose day and its time it was put out of its misery. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-11] Reference
Of course, because the taxpayer has no choice but to cough up, this gangrenous tumescence keeps bulging as the services provided become more emaciated and anaemic. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go Camping In Hampshire « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
(For those who weren't at the basketball game, there's another chance when RJ suffers an inopportune bout of tumescence while wearing tights during the school musical.). From Wordnik.com. [Cartoon's 'Unnatural History' is escapist fun, but MTV's 'RJ Berger' is a bore] Reference
Having come to this newfound sense of personal pride seemed as disingenuous as it did tardy, formed almost overnight with a furious tumescence that eclipsed his better judgement. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Crackle] Reference
Detumescence is normally linked closely to tumescence. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy] Reference
Alfred died of cerebral tumescence -- a disease to which the ambitious are peculiarly liable. From Wordnik.com. [Marge Askinforit] Reference
Not only is movement itself a source of tumescence, but even the spectacle of movement tends to produce the same effect. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women] Reference
The facial expression when tumescence is completed is marked by a high degree of energy in men and of loveliness in women. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy] Reference
It is not only the man who is supplied with erectile tissue which in the process of tumescence becomes congested and swollen. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy] Reference
With strain, elevating a candlestick: with pain, feeling on his right temple a contused tumescence: with attention, focussing his gaze on. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
That "preparation" is, on the physiological side, the production of tumescence, and all courtship is concerned in building up tumescence. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy] Reference
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