soft-core
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of soft-core
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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“I went against my agent and said I’d do ‘Carry On Nurse,’” he added — an early entry in what became a series of popular, quickly made film comedies that over the next decades satirized the military, the medical profession, British history and even the soft-core “Emmanuelle” movies.
From New York Times
During the rise of Nazism, Harris added, “it was the soft-core group, not the hard-core group, that allowed itself to be coopted.”
From Seattle Times
She set up an OnlyFans account and now schedules photo shoots of "soft-core" nudes for when her mum and dad are out of the house.
From BBC
Pitt himself fed the slavering by posing for outlets that eagerly indulged their soft-core reveries, like his 1994 Rolling Stone cover for “Interview With the Vampire,” where he stares at the camera like a Fabio-ed Kurt Cobain.
From New York Times
This is what may be called soft-core Holocaust denial, a reconfiguring of the facts to hide certain truths.
From New York Times
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