carnal
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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
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
“The geekiness — the fact that orange wine is challenging, that its appeal is more cerebral and gastronomic than carnal and epicurean — is central to its identity,” he writes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2019
And the sly carnal wisdom of the advice, no less than the charity which made it practicable, left a good taste in the mouth.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
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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