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connubial

[kuh-noo-bee-uhl, -nyoo-] / kəˈnu bi əl, -ˈnju- /


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Contrast those misty memories with Monday’s connubial proof-of-life photo-op featuring Donald Trump and his oft-absentee wife, Melania, signing an executive order creating a task force on women’s health.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Who would know better than Eliot that connubial happiness in the capital can sometimes cost a woman her reputation back in the Midlands?

From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2018

She has taken on her husband’s signature pout, in a connubial version of people who grow to look like their dogs.

From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016

He’s talking about engagement and beyond, but he might as well be describing the act of watching this grating round robin of connubial dysfunction and romantic disappointment.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2012

Their life has been, and is now, one of connubial bliss and contentment with their lot, because of the pure love and congeniality existing between them.

From Life Gleanings by T. J. Macon


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