carnal

Example Sentences

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But for all his uses of food as a source of carnal provocation and capitalist fracturing, Bong also allows food to be the root of love and community.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Or, ‘Hey carnal, do I go along with the program?’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Positioned above a shallow pool, two winged figures — Hymen, the ancient Greek god of marriage ceremonies, and Eros, the mischievous god of carnal desire — gaze at each other over a decorative urn.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022

“Julia” makes much of Child’s embrace of the sensual — French food and wine, and carnal pleasure — and the journey is told most convincingly through snapshots.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

Patriotism is a ray of inner light, and may never even come to a glow of carnal courage; on the other hand, it is the greatest mistake to impute cowardice to the shirker.

From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)