CARNAL in a Sentence

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Example sentences for CARNAL, such as:

1. But I don't envy Sir Malcolm his inveterate mortal carnality.
2. Apparently one grows more carnal and more mortal as one grows older.
3. We women can't never realize the carnal thoughts in the hearts of men.
4. When he pronounces a soft O he protrudes his full carnal lips as if he kissed the vowel.
5. They have dissolved the carnal family, and constituted in their community a spiritual family.

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 Meanings and Examples of CARNAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.