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Meanings of sensual in English

Marked by the appetites and passions of the body.

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Sexually exciting or gratifying.

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Usage of sensual in English
1
That particular work, Ignatius thought, was rather lacking in the sensual department.
A Confederacy of Dunces
2
Reconnecting to our sensual sides, apparently, is one way to combat this.
The Irish Times
3
It had in it, nevertheless, a faint and undefinably sensual quality also.
In a glass darkly
4
We will call the lower plane the sensual, the upper the spiritual.
Fantasia of the Unconscious
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The mouth is primarily the gate of the two chief sensual centers.
Fantasia of the Unconscious
6
The sound from that country makes you feel warm, free and sensual.
The Guardian
7
Yet the idea, with its intimate sensual implications, stayed in his thoughts.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
8
Wrapped in a sensual haze, she struggled to form a coherent thought.
Midnight hero
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Midian has seduced Israel to idolatry and its constant companion, sensual sin.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
10
The manner is mostly pained and at the same time agonisingly sensual.
The Irish Times
11
Having him at her mercy was a novel and extremely sensual experience.
Once bitten, twice dead
12
He dramatized every kind of love from the spiritual to the sensual.
Old and New Masters
13
According to the Buddhist theogony he is the god of sensual love.
Sacred Books of the East
14
You are a puritan and in your heart you despise sensual pleasures.
Of Human Bondage
15
The sensual creature he'd caressed a moment before was now all business.
Strong, sleek and sinful
16
Abyssinian women are not deficient in a certain sensual kind of beauty.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories
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