philander

"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

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

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

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

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

He had—no, he had not philandered in the rose garden.

From The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond

You remember how Cecil Cumberland philandered after a certain lady of our acquaintance last winter, and how unremitting were his attentions?

From Princess by M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland

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

Marilyn White speaks of Maurice with great affection while eventually admitting that his philandering ended their relationship.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

The inevitable scandals aren’t about state-sponsored doping schemes but cheating curlers and a philandering biathlete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 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

“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