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

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

“The geekiness — the fact that orange wine is challenging, that its appeal is more cerebral and gastronomic than carnal and epicurean — is central to its identity,” he writes.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2019

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