Both Uses
sensual
in
1984, by Orwell
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- At the beginning there had been little true sensuality in it.†
p. 139.3 *
- There were times when the fact of impending death seemed as palpable as the bed they lay on, and they would cling together with a sort of despairing sensuality, like a damned soul grasping at his last morsel of pleasure when the clock is within five minutes of striking.†
p. 151.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(sensual) relating to pleasing the body's senses (in contrast to the intellect)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)