philander
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"It says 'accept certain inalienable truths - prices will rise, politicians will philander and you too will get old'."
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
He did not drink or philander; his first marriage ended in an amicable divorce after twelve years, and his second lasted until his death in 1965.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Don’t mean to have any. It’s fun to watch other people philander, but I should feel like a fool doing it myself,” said Jo, looking alarmed at the thought.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
The invitation, reminding him, with a difference, of his Crystal Palace and Welsh Harp days, was well nigh too much for the well-versed philander of the suburbs.
From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay
Human nature is human nature still, whether it fawn in the court or philander in the grove.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
Mine uncle, on his bowling-green, Still storms a breach in Flanders; And faithful Trim, starch, tall, and lean, With Bridget still philanders.
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson
I mean that she is clever and very rich, and philanders with philanthropy.
From Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief by W. (William) Rainey
While the men in the family philandered, Eunice spurned the wooing of her faithful suitor Sargent Shriver for seven years and came close to taking vows of chastity.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2018
In Paris, Lulu philandered crazily with gamblers, procurers and swindlers.
From Time Magazine Archive
You remember how Cecil Cumberland philandered after a certain lady of our acquaintance last winter, and how unremitting were his attentions?
From Princess by M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland
In half an hour he and Aunt Elizabeth had philandered as deep as a six months' flirtation; and I must say that they have kept at it with an art amounting almost to sincerity.
From The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
He had—no, he had not philandered in the rose garden.
From The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond
Born in 1929 to a wealthy and conservative family -- by her account with a domineering mother and philandering father -- Kusama began producing her unique signature art aged 10.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Marilyn White speaks of Maurice with great affection while eventually admitting that his philandering ended their relationship.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Margot, a member of Hollywood society, learned the truth after her philandering husband left a suspicious footprint by his car door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Mozart turns redemption into transcendence in “Figaro,” as a jealous yet philandering count finds his soul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Would it be bad to date a philandering semi-famous pop star?
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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