Sexual

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"Sexual" in a Sentence (23 examples)

Sexual harassment has now become a social issue.

When I told her I'd never seen such a homely girl, she accused me of sexual harassment.

Recent comics have too many violent and sexual scenes.

My first sexual experience was with a woman some years older than I was.

Women's rights groups are going after sexual harassment.

I can't get sexual satisfaction.

I have no sexual desire.

She said that what they were doing was contrary to the company's sexual harassment policy.

I know you're at an age where sexual desire flourishes and you want to do 'you-know-what' with 'that' but... well, sit down there.

Syphilis is an infection that can be transmitted through sexual intercourse.

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Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace.

Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.

One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

“When you’re not numbing out with substances and suddenly you’re face to face with somebody you want to be sexual with, that can be really scary at first,” said Laura Rademacher, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Minneapolis who offers a class on sober sex in her practice.

She's a very sexual woman.

We don't often think of Jesus as a sexual person, but He certainly was not asexual. He was not just God on earth. He was fully human and […] He was sexual, single, and celibate.

a sexual innuendo

one's sexual preferences

[…] “You know, there are asexuals with sexual partners.” His ears flicked, and he grinned. “There's things both of us can try to do[…]”

Izzy tells me that at her high school the most useful distinction is not between heterosexuals and homosexuals but between those who are sexual and those who are not. The abstainers call themselves “aces,” short for “asexuals.”

[T]he inquiry is whether she have reason or not. If she have, which, for a moment, I will take for granted, she was not created merely to be the solace of man, and the sexual should not destroy the human character.

The findings suggest that asexuality is best conceptualized as a lack of sexual attraction; however, asexuals varied greatly in their experience of sexual response and behavior. Asexuals partnered with sexuals acknowledged having to 'negotiate' sexual activity.

In this article we use absence of sexual attraction to others as a definition but recognise that this definition is contested. […] [A survey] was also advertised online (without explicitly mentioning asexuality in the advert), thus aiming to reach a mixture of asexuals and sexuals.

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