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carnal

[kahr-nl] / ˈkɑr nl /


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But for all his uses of food as a source of carnal provocation and capitalist fracturing, Bong also allows food to be the root of love and community.

From Salon Mar. 25, 2025

Or, ‘Hey carnal, do I go along with the program?’

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 14, 2024

Sudan Archives — the songwriter, singer and violinist Brittney Denise Parks — juggles the many conflicting pressures and aspirations of being young, Black, female, artistic, carnal, career-minded and social on “Natural Brown Prom Queen.”

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2022

Sovjani, whose influences include Wayne Theibaud’s carnal cake and pie paintings, transforms everyday objects into lush exercises in color and form.

From Washington Post Oct. 28, 2022

His conception of the ideal state, of the ideal citizen, of the ideal life, was not constructed or inspired from carnal elements.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee




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