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She claims the tango as the most sensuous of dance forms.sensuous = pleasing to the physical senses (sexy)
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I made the bed with sensuous silk sheets.sensuous = pleasing to touch and see
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She plays the role of a sensuous young woman.sensuous = in touch with or pleasing to the physical senses (as contrasted to the intellect)
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The pigs lay, bloated bags of fat, sensuously enjoying the shadows under the trees. (source)sensuously = in a way that relates to physical pleasure
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As she turned toward me, I pulled her near me and our lips touched, a light contact, but driven by sensuous quest. (source)sensuous = relating to pleasure from the body's senses rather than from the intellect
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Her caress lingered on his skin, sensuous yet completely innocent at once. (source)
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Soon he was filling pages with observations like those on his small scholars and on the arrival of spring, with frequently sensuous responses to nature—to "soft vernal showers," atmosphere full of "ravishing fragrance," air "soft and yielding." (source)sensuous = relating to pleasure from the body's senses rather than from the intellect
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All over the hall women danced sensuously, their arms above their heads, their hips swaying. (source)sensuously = in a way that relates to physical pleasure
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Little love, not here, but a steady undercurrent of sensuousness.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Or they take up religion, preferably one of the more sensuous Eastern religions. (source)sensuous = relating to pleasure from the body's senses rather than from the intellect
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'Kill with me tonight,' she whispered as sensuously as a lover.† (source)sensuously = in a way that relates to physical pleasure
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From the sensuousness of a woman with a baby at her breast into the seductive mischief of Krishna's smile.† (source)
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Nicholson, looking detached, was using his right hand to give himself a slow, sensuous massage at the back of the neck. (source)sensuous = relating to pleasure from the body's senses rather than from the intellect
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By contrast it made me almost weak to see the way Yasuda-san, with his graceful, sculpted arm, put a bite of braised beef into his mouth with his lips parted sensuously.† (source)sensuously = in a way that relates to physical pleasure
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Most of the women in the hall seemed cast from a specific type—decorative, precisely turned out, an odd mingling of untouchable sensuousness.† (source)
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The word "sensuous," had the effect of further disquieting Tom, but before he could invent a protest the coupe came to a stop, and Daisy signaled us to draw up alongside. (source)sensuous = relating to pleasure from the body's senses rather than from the mind
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