connubial

Example Sentences

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This one’s for spouses who feel the need to vent volcanically after months of cheek-by-jowl connubial togetherness.

From New York Times • May 31, 2020

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

“Marry Him” is more measured than its explosive title suggests; and the Times piece at least allows that culture might play a role in how equality influences the connubial bed.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2014

It may be funny, but it is connubial torture.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2013

As he entered his door he was met by the mother of the cherubs, who threw her arms around his neck and embraced him with connubial fondness.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George