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
If she had no disposition to philander what was his warrant for supposing she could be corrupted into respectability?
From The Tragic Muse by Henry James
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
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
Do you remember the sundial over which Dolly and Mr. Carter philandered, the one which bore the motto— Horas non numero nisi serenas?
From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Walter Prichard Eaton
If you had not gone and frightened her, they might have philandered on all this time, till the whole affair died of its own silliness.’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The collector, in white linen and canvas shoes, philandered with papers on an antique desk.
From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
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
She eventually discovered his philandering and made his life unpleasant as a consequence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
One forthcoming spectator confessed to being burdened with anger over her father’s philandering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
The film delved into the loneliness of a woman trapped in a loveless marriage to a philandering, often tyrannical landlord in an opulent yet feudal world.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025
“I am not a philandering man, and you know that. This would not have happened if my mother didn’t have a hand!”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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