connubial
Example Sentences
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McLeod-Skinner, who is an attorney and natural-resources consultant, said she finds it easier to talk policy than about her relationship — but not because of a lack of connubial bliss.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022
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
My father, it appears, was not naturally connubial, and even in the early years of marriage contrived to be more absent than present.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
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
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 George Yellott
Vocabulary lists containing connubial
Great Expectations
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The Time Machine
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