promiscuous

Example Sentences

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Forcing senators to stand and deliver would make it more difficult to filibuster, ending its promiscuous overuse, Merkley suggested, and — ideally— engaging the public in a way privately messaging fellow senators — I dissent! — does not.

From Los Angeles Times

Bacteria are also "promiscuous," easily exchanging genetic material.

From Salon

H5N1 has shown itself to be promiscuous, rapidly gaining new hosts — wild birds and poultry, mice and bears, cats and sea lions.

From New York Times

What makes the oldfield mouse steadfastly monogamous throughout its life while its closest rodent relatives are promiscuous?

From Science Daily

She had a difficult childhood, being placed as a teenager in Dublin in one of the notorious former Magdalene laundries, originally set up to incarcerate young girls deemed to be promiscuous.

From BBC