carnal

Example Sentences

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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

Or, ‘Hey carnal, do I go along with the program?’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

They provide a bridge between our carnal nature and their incorporeal institutions.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021

But same-sex relationships are criminalised by a criminal code which Dr Adjepong calls "completely vague" - introduced by the British when they ruled Ghana - that mentions "unnatural carnal knowledge".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2021

Nae doot, some of them were carnal men, and ithers o' them had great imperfections.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert