connubial
Example Sentences
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Dueling visions of “As You Like It,” Shakespeare’s most connubial comedy, frame September in what promise to be polar-opposite productions.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2017
She has taken on her husband’s signature pout, in a connubial version of people who grow to look like their dogs.
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016
“Marry Him” is more measured than its explosive title suggests; and the Times piece at least allows that culture might play a role in how equality influences the connubial bed.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2014
It may be funny, but it is connubial torture.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2013
Rainsfield's connubial heart was softened at the evidence of his wife's woes; he therefore turned to Smithers, and said: "Leave us together just now, Bob; I'll see you before you go."
From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Colin Munro
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Great Expectations
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