sexiness
- a word derived from sexy.
Example Sentences
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Christina Ramberg and Martha Edelheit upend notions of sexiness in their paintings, thumbing their noses at the “male gaze.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
The societal norms defining beauty and sexiness have been changing for years, with a greater value on a wide range of body types, skin colors and gender identities.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2020
Lyons’s profitable business has none of the sexiness of the big publishing houses that bring you the latest blockbuster from John Grisham or Danielle Steel.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2018
She doesn't feel like feminism and sexiness are contradictory, but, she admits, there's also a part of her that feels like "resistance is futile, at this point."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2016
Sometimes the representamen is price, which is supposed to reflect the elements listed above, as well as other pricing criteria: a trend, a product's sexiness; a buyer's gullibility, ego, or lack of economic sense.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
