Meaning of sex-ridden | Babel Free

Definitions

Excessively concerned with or driven by sex.

Examples

“When the Gem and Magnet were started it is probable that there was a deliberate intention to get⟳ away from the guilty sex-ridden atmosphere that pervaded so much of the earlier literature for boys.”

“[…] higher education has failed to keep⟳ the flame of true learning or guide⟳ today’s students, many of whom appear⟳ to Bloom to be sex-ridden moneygrubbers marching to the beat⟳ of rock music […]”

“In Philip Roth’s “Zuckerman Unbound,” Zuckerman, rocketed to fame and fortune by a book that looks a lot like⟳ “Portnoy’s Complaint,” is set⟳ upon by anyone and everyone in New York—on the bus, in a coffee shop⟳, in front of a funeral parlor. They come⟳ to ogle him, or to complain⟳ about his scandalous, sex-ridden novel, or to tell⟳ him what to do with his money.”

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