philander

"It says 'accept certain inalienable truths - prices will rise, politicians will philander and you too will get old'."

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

He did not drink or philander; his first marriage ended in an amicable divorce after twelve years, and his second lasted until his death in 1965.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Don’t mean to have any. It’s fun to watch other people philander, but I should feel like a fool doing it myself,” said Jo, looking alarmed at the thought.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The invitation, reminding him, with a difference, of his Crystal Palace and Welsh Harp days, was well nigh too much for the well-versed philander of the suburbs.

From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay

With him certainly she had no disposition to philander.

From The Tragic Muse by Henry James

I mean that she is clever and very rich, and philanders with philanthropy.

From Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief by W. (William) Rainey

Mine uncle, on his bowling-green, Still storms a breach in Flanders; And faithful Trim, starch, tall, and lean, With Bridget still philanders.

From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson

While the men in the family philandered, Eunice spurned the wooing of her faithful suitor Sargent Shriver for seven years and came close to taking vows of chastity.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2018

In Paris, Lulu philandered crazily with gamblers, procurers and swindlers.

From Time Magazine Archive

And it was her fate to sit, with her patient, saintly eyes and figure like a bisque Psyche, behind the sequestered counter of the little shop, while Dicky drank and philandered with his frivolous acquaintances.

From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry

The collector, in white linen and canvas shoes, philandered with papers on an antique desk.

From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry

Do you remember the sundial over which Dolly and Mr. Carter philandered, the one which bore the motto— Horas non numero nisi serenas?

From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Walter Prichard Eaton

Born in 1929 to a wealthy and conservative family -- by her account with a domineering mother and philandering father -- Kusama began producing her unique signature art aged 10.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Margot, a member of Hollywood society, learned the truth after her philandering husband left a suspicious footprint by his car door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Mozart turns redemption into transcendence in “Figaro,” as a jealous yet philandering count finds his soul.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

The film delved into the loneliness of a woman trapped in a loveless marriage to a philandering, often tyrannical landlord in an opulent yet feudal world.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025

“I am not a philandering man, and you know that. This would not have happened if my mother didn’t have a hand!”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie