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• Keppel, as her biographer Diana Souhami has written, "turned adultery into an art."1999 February 14, Liesl Schillinger, “The Lost Art of the Love Affair”, in The New York Times. From the entry great-granddaughter
• Thou shalt commit adultery, or preadultery: If it feeleth good, do it.1997 March 25, Edward P. Moser, “Words to Live By”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry manstress
• Vātsyāyana refers to Ahalyā as the active actress in the scene of adultery with Indra.1988, Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta et al., Sraddhānjali, Studies in Ancient Indian History: D.C. Sircar Commemoration Volume. From the entry licentuous
• We can take it that the act of adultery is established.1980, Tom Sharpe, Ancestral Vices, →ISBN, page 312. From the entry but me no buts
• "Most people have been married more than once, and adultery is universally tolerated.1973 January 8, “The Sexes: Swinging Future”, in Time, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2011. From the entry open marriage
• Afterwards there were divers articles exhibited to them against the Lady Purbeck for adultery, and Mrs.1912, The English Reports (W. Green), volume 4 or 124, page 380. From the entry annis Domini
• In 16th and 17th century Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery.2024 March 31, Glen Jankowski, “Alopecia in art history: The many ways women’s hair loss has been interpreted”, in CNN, archived from the…. From the entry century
• Earlier this year, the Taliban also announced the reintroduction of the public flogging and stoning of women for adultery.2024 August 26, Annie Kelly, Zahra Joya, “‘Frightening’ Taliban law bans women from speaking in public”, in The Guardian, archived from…. From the entry reintroduction
• All of them are תובעות abhorrences or abominations, although “adultery and bestiality” are branded as “unclean” (אמט) activities.2022, Sabine Dievenkorn, Shaul Levin, [Re]Gained in Translation I: Bibles, Theologies, and the Politics of Empowerment, page 276. From the entry abhorrence
• Other adulteries were noted in the interest of verisimilitude.1973, Gore Vidal, chapter 16, in Burr. From the entry verisimilitude
• “The book is about guilt, adultery, murder, a chase through the mountains — you know, the usual day-to-day stuff,” Babcock said wryly.2025 August 2, Maureen Dowd, quoting Richard Babcock, “Attention, Men: Books Are Sexy!”, in The New York Times. From the entry day-to-day
• These books have a good claim to have founded two of the major genres of the modern novel—respectively, the Bildungsroman and the novel of adultery.2016 January 25, Adam Kirsch, “What’s great about Goethe?”, in The New Yorker. From the entry bildungsroman
• But episodes of murder, suicide and adultery turn out to be just anterooms to an echo chamber filled with subtle and far-reaching thematic reverberations.2009 December 3, “Editors’ Choice”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry anteroom
• He is entitled to compensation in the case of adultery and he both receives and pays the bridewealth for his sons and daughters.1973, Jack Goody, “Bridewealth and Dowry in Africa and Eurasia”, in Jack Goody, S[tanley] J[eyaraja] Tambiah, Bridewealth and Dowry…. From the entry uxorial
• Appion's praise of adultery recalls the love affairs of Zeus and other gods, and Libanus stresses the good parentage of Thersites, ugliest of the Greeks who fought against Troy.2014, Annette H. Tomarken, The Smile of Truth: The French Satirical Eulogy and Its Antecedents, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University…. From the entry invade
• This may be a tough pill to swallow but what Christ is saying is if you look wantingly, powerfully, or lustfully after someone, you have committed adultery.2008, Ryan Dalgliesh, Love Notes, page 86. From the entry wantingly
• The right wing insisted President Clinton was the anti-Christ because he broke the commandment “Thou shall not commit adultery.” And it’s true that Clinton was a cheating, lying horn-dog.2001, Susan Jane Gilman, Kiss My Tiara. From the entry horn-dog
• Another councillor pointed out that other figures featured elsewhere in the display, such as George Eliot (adultery) and Henry VIII (reginicide), were none too holy themselves.2000, Ed Glinert, Literary London: A Street by Street Exploration of the Capital’s Literary Heritage, Penguin Group, published 2007, →ISBN. From the entry reginicide
• In fact, it was not unknown for husbands and wives to collude in the wife's adultery, either to collect a large crim. con. settlement or to secure a divorce.1999, Kirsten Olsen, Daily Life in 18th Century England. From the entry crim. con.
• Notwithstanding all the various temptations to bad temper, pride, greediness, adultery and so forth, the enemy really has but one temptation, and that is, to bestir the saints.1986, Watchman Nee, The Life that Wins, page 75. From the entry bestir

Meaning of adultery

1. noun Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry.
2. noun Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the sixth/seventh commandment; sinful sexual behavior as a category.
3. noun Faithlessness in religion.

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Questions about adultery in a sentence

How do you use adultery in a sentence?

Adultery is used as a noun. For example: “She engaged in adultery because her spouse has a low libido, while hers is very high.”

What is a short sentence with adultery?

“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

What does adultery mean?

Adultery means sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry.