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carnality

[kahr-nal-i-tee] / ˌkɑrˈnæl ɪ ti /


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His songs married carnality and spirituality, with an echo of the little boy singing in the gospel choir of his father’s church.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2025

Purcell’s stripped-down staging rarely visualizes Rivera’s depiction of a disintegrating city, redirecting focus to the dialogue’s poetic carnality, with everyone constantly worrying whether they’ll eat or be eaten.

From Seattle Times Aug. 17, 2021

For all their freedoms and frank carnality, the movies of Hollywood’s pre-Code era — roughly 1929 to 1934 — were often about sacrifice.

From New York Times Jan. 29, 2020

Arnett’s interest in the carnality of taxidermy, the extent to which it depends on touch, flows in part from her belief that the physical is political.

From The New Yorker Aug. 21, 2019

I am greatly bowed down today on account of my inward corruptions and carnality of heart.

From A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, First Part by George Müller




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