conjugal

Example Sentences

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The law will erase an ambiguity that has persisted despite there being no explicit mention of "conjugal duty" in any legal text.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

I was surprised he would dare go into acting with me in a film about a long-lasting, conjugal relationship.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

"She is a most sweet and intimate companion, and an entire friend; there is no stricter or sweeter friendship than conjugal; as it was the first in the world, so it is most natural."

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022

His parents' rule has been called a kleptocratic "conjugal dictatorship".

From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2022

Had Elizabeth’s opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a very pleasing opinion of conjugal felicity or domestic comfort.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen