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
To have thought such a thought of Ursula de Vesc was as preposterous as saying she would philander in a rose garden.
From The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond
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
The collector, in white linen and canvas shoes, philandered with papers on an antique desk.
From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
He had—no, he had not philandered in the rose garden.
From The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond
Filial duty took him by the collar and dragged him inside, while his mother philandered among the bronze and terra-cotta statuettes.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
She eventually discovered his philandering and made his life unpleasant as a consequence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
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
In that long-ago HBO drama, Greg Kinnear’s philandering husband chucks aside Toni Collette’s devoted but defeated wife.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
Now, she’s finally abandoned her boring job and her philandering husband, Sherman, in Santa Cruz.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
Would it be bad to date a philandering semi-famous pop star?
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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