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

They provide a bridge between our carnal nature and their incorporeal institutions.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021

But same-sex relationships are criminalised by a criminal code which Dr Adjepong calls "completely vague" - introduced by the British when they ruled Ghana - that mentions "unnatural carnal knowledge".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2021

Thus the crucifying the old Man, or natural Will, is represented; and hence comes a Separation from that carnal Mind, which is Death.

From John Woolman's Journal by Woolman, John