cuckold

Example Sentences

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Indeed, the common cuckoo is so notorious for forcing other birds to raise its young that the term "cuckold" was coined to refer to husbands of unfaithful wives.

From Salon

But if caring fish fathers were being cuckolded too often, she says, they would pass on their genes so sparsely that their behavior would die out altogether.

From New York Times

And the president of the United States impotent and metaphorically cuckolded on a regular basis, as his trusted adviser’s spouse spanks him on Twitter.

From Washington Post

If Mr Miller was "a murderous cuckold" the lawyer said he did nothing about his suspicions that she had a fling with the friend two weeks earlier.

From BBC

Personifying that undesirability is Hunding, Sieglinde’s cuckold husband, who has every right to demand revenge no matter how unsympathetic he may be.

From New York Times