venereal

Example Sentences

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So venereal disease became a widespread and debilitating problem for the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.

From Los Angeles Times

She and her team are confident that advances in the analysis of prehistoric DNA could also lead to the discovery of the origin of venereal syphilis.

From Science Daily

But he and his sailors eventually overstayed their welcome, depleting supplies and spreading venereal diseases.

From Los Angeles Times

“I gave you my heart,” Becky G charges as the song begins, but she has definitely taken it back, changing her phone number and comparing the ex to a rat and a venereal disease.

From New York Times

Ibsen gave us, for instance, the now-classic tale of a 19th-century housewife, suffocating under the alienating control of a domineering husband, and another about a Norwegian household thrown into turmoil by venereal disease.

From Washington Post