carnal
Example Sentences
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He told me, “Hey carnal, I’m going to invite you to be on my album.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
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
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
Peter and MJ nuzzle and lock lips, but their relationship vibes more cozy than carnal, no doubt as a concession to the younger members of the movie’s target demographic.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
Mr. B. does not employ his pen, I can safely say, for any lucre of worldly gain, or to be exalted by the carnal plaudits of men digito monstrari, &c.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell
Vocabulary lists containing carnal
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
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Body Language: Carn ("Flesh")
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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