Words similar to prurient

Example sentences for: prurient

How can you use “prurient” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

." Instead, the tone has been pretty straightforwardly condemnatory in regard to excess prosecutorial zeal and prurient exposures of private life.
Among this year's bumper crop of teenage movies, it is the shallowest and most prurient" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). The most positive take comes from the Washington Post 's Michael O'Sullivan, who writes that it's a "warped, hysterical and--believe it or not--sweet little gem of a movie."
Years ago, some people had a prurient interest in these, such as those who went to the funeral of the thuggish Hollywood producer Harry Cohn to make sure that he was dead.
A terrible sense of public relations, I certainly agree with you there, but blaming the Clinton spin machine for that insanely prurient report is something of a stretch.
The three papers all note that Starr's justification for including such prurient details was Clinton's numerous denials of having "sexual relations" with Lewinsky according to the legal definition established in the Paula Jones case.