connubial

Example Sentences

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McLeod-Skinner, who is an attorney and natural-resources consultant, said she finds it easier to talk policy than about her relationship — but not because of a lack of connubial bliss.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2022

My father, it appears, was not naturally connubial, and even in the early years of marriage contrived to be more absent than present.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2017

She has taken on her husband’s signature pout, in a connubial version of people who grow to look like their dogs.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016

“Marry Him” is more measured than its explosive title suggests; and the Times piece at least allows that culture might play a role in how equality influences the connubial bed.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2014

Her connubial life with Washington was not less exemplary than it was happy.

From Nature and Culture by Rice, Harvey