PROMISCUOUS in a Sentence

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The same promiscuousness, and yet more unprecedented, exists between the things of the intelligence and the facts of substance.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROMISCUOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
promiscuous
 a.  having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Classic Sentence:
1  She did not care to be mingled in their noisy dispersal: once in the street, she always felt an irresistible return to her old standpoint, an instinctive shrinking from all that was unpolished and promiscuous.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
2  As to his relations with women, they appeared to have been promiscuous but superficial.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
3  Regina's she had spent her days in the streets, partly to escape from the uncongenial promiscuities of the boarding-house, and partly in the hope that physical fatigue would help her to sleep.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
4  Fantine was laid in the shade, among the first bones that came to hand; she was subjected to the promiscuousness of ashes.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB
5  Fathers, mothers, children, brothers, sisters, men, women, daughters, adhere and become incorporated, almost like a mineral formation, in that dusky promiscuousness of sexes, relationships, ages, infamies, and innocences.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE
6  The same promiscuousness, and yet more unprecedented, exists between the things of the intelligence and the facts of substance.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS
Example Sentence:
1  In the opera La Boheme, we get a picture of the promiscuous life led by the young artists of Paris.