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

But same-sex relationships are criminalised by a criminal code which Dr Adjepong calls "completely vague" - introduced by the British when they ruled Ghana - that mentions "unnatural carnal knowledge".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2021

It turned her from the "carnal," and was the cause of her joining the Alton Road Chapel, at which Mr. Hearty worshipped.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert