celibacy

Example Sentences

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Now that I’ve had some distance from it and can look at it more objectively, I’m finding that people in these testimonials change their behavior, enter into mixed-orientation marriages, or choose celibacy.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

Under the Church's by-laws, only monks who took a vow of celibacy can be elected a Catholicos.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

Additionally, online users said that the ads emphasized the very reasons why their celibacy was important to them.

From Salon • May 15, 2024

The loud and malapropism-prone Archie also touched on subjects such as atheism, the virtues of premarital celibacy, the breakdown of law and order, long hair on boys and short skirts on girls.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2023

He was a knight of the Kingsguard, sworn to celibacy.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin