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fleshly
adjective as in lecherous, desiring sex
Example Sentences
He denied ever having an affair on the website and said, “The account was opened out of pure fleshly desires and out of simple curiosity.”
In early Christianity, spiritual warfare meant one was to resist the Devil by engaging in forms of ascetic behavior, mastering fleshly desires, and cultivating Christian virtues like humility, self-control, and love of enemies.
Two weeks prior to “Subspace Rhapsody,” they aired a crossover with the animated spinoff “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” in which cartoon characters became flesh and fleshly characters cartoons.
Remember that when you glimpse this episode's shocking coda featuring a threesome that involves only two fleshly bodies.
It is almost a renunciation, as if we could cede the part of ourselves that relies on fleshly sustenance so that only the essential remains.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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