carnality

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His songs married carnality and spirituality, with an echo of the little boy singing in the gospel choir of his father’s church.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Purcell’s stripped-down staging rarely visualizes Rivera’s depiction of a disintegrating city, redirecting focus to the dialogue’s poetic carnality, with everyone constantly worrying whether they’ll eat or be eaten.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2021

Mr. Tiran’s moving, expressive performance during the possession has an acrobatic elasticity, with hints of Iggy Pop carnality and eyeball work indebted to Jack Nicholson.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2016

In O’Connor’s fictional world, carnality, when it comes up at all, is brutal and hilariously symbolic.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2001

The error of carnality 131:6 When once destroyed by divine Science, the false evi-         dence before the corporeal senses disappears.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker