CARNAL in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of CARNAL
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carnal
 a.  fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
Classic Sentence:
1  Apparently one grows more carnal and more mortal as one grows older.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
2  These people of the remote future were strict vegetarians, and while I was with them, in spite of some carnal cravings, I had to be frugivorous also.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  We women can't never realize the carnal thoughts in the hearts of men.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
4  When he pronounces a soft O he protrudes his full carnal lips as if he kissed the vowel.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  They have dissolved the carnal family, and constituted in their community a spiritual family.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE CONVENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PRINCIPL...
6  But I don't envy Sir Malcolm his inveterate mortal carnality.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
Example Sentence:
1  This wasn't about love, this was about raw animal attraction, about kindred spirits in carnal lust.