sex

Example Sentences

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In the popular imagination geishas are often confused with courtesans but their work as trained masters of refined old artforms does not involve selling sex.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Factors such as socioeconomic status and sex may influence how diet relates to mental health, making the relationship more complex.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

When cities and states “openly discriminate in hiring on the basis of race and sex and other characteristics, that’s illegal and we should take it head on.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

US lawmakers have repeatedly - and unsuccessfully - called for her former husband to answer questions about his links to the late American financier and sex offender.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Of all the stumbling blocks inherent in learning this language, the greatest for me is the principle that each noun has a corresponding sex that affects both its articles and its adjectives.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris