connubial

Example Sentences

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Who would know better than Eliot that connubial happiness in the capital can sometimes cost a woman her reputation back in the Midlands?

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2018

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

As he entered his door he was met by the mother of the cherubs, who threw her arms around his neck and embraced him with connubial fondness.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George