carnal

Example Sentences

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He told me, “Hey carnal, I’m going to invite you to be on my album.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025

But for all his uses of food as a source of carnal provocation and capitalist fracturing, Bong also allows food to be the root of love and community.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Peter and MJ nuzzle and lock lips, but their relationship vibes more cozy than carnal, no doubt as a concession to the younger members of the movie’s target demographic.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021

“Julia” makes much of Child’s embrace of the sensual — French food and wine, and carnal pleasure — and the journey is told most convincingly through snapshots.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

These subjective emotions and desires—whether you call them carnal or spiritual—are, unquestionably, in the light of modern science, all matters of gradual development, hereditary inheritance, and education.

From Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others by Pringle, Allen