racy

Example Sentences

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“The Idol” was as racy as “Euphoria” but rife with creative issues as the original director left and Levinson took over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Yet another says that while the first film had its "propaganda intent ...wrapped in pacy racy story telling with terrific musical flourishes", the sequel is simply not as enjoyable.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

R&B star Ashanti finally addressed racy remarks made by estranged Murder Inc. producer Irv Gotti, who said they dated and who spent years discrediting her.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

“Grandma’s” noodles reverberate with the racy heat of chile oil, minced garlic and tongue-numbing Sichuan peppercorns.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

Every now and then a racy book about lowlife—Tobacco Road, for example—would catch the public fancy, but for a surprisingly long time middlebrow fiction in America was about upper-middle-class life.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times