consensual

Example Sentences

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He refused to step down while denying the allegations, saying the encounters with both women were consensual, and called for prosecutors to open investigations into the claims.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

But the nature of this agreement, and the consequences of actions stemming from it, all depends on whether this agreement is mutually consensual and clear.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“But no one really looked at consensual relationships.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

During the summer of 2003, he took a constitutional law class where they discussed the recent Supreme Court decision to strike down the state’s ban on consensual gay sex in Lawrence v.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2025

Given the blanket nature of the ruling, courts have found police encounters to be consensual in truly preposterous situations.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander