cuckold

Example Sentences

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And as Martin, Whishaw is as Britishly brittle-yet-vulnerable as only he can be, the stoic, sad-eyed cuckold trying to rise above and move on from the fray.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023

“I ordered the broiled crab cakes and they were really good,” says Chris Kipiniak with the pained gravitas of a cuckold recounting his wife’s affair.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2012

And Anderson stalwarts Murray and Jason Schwartzman own their roles as, respectively, a cuckold dad and a power-mad camp counselor, but they remain on the periphery, like wandering jesters.

From Slate • May 24, 2012

Samuel Barnett as the helpless cuckold, Vanessa Kirby as the tricked Isabella, Richard Lintern as the Mussolinesque Duke and Andrew Woodall as a sly courtier also give good, well-defined performances.

From The Guardian • Apr. 27, 2010

That cuckold lives in bliss   Who certain of his fate, loves not his wronger;   But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er   Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves!

From Quit Your Worrying! by James, George Wharton