How to Use extramarital in a Sentence
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The friend said Larry Rudolph had been involved in extramarital affairs and had a girlfriend at the time of his wife's death.
— Faith Karimi, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022 -
Two of my ex-wives were having extramarital affairs, and the divorces were quite nasty.
— Annie Lane, oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2020 -
The plan was to film her and then accuse Cochran of having an extramarital affair while his wife was dying.
— Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023 -
That betrayal would be the beginning of the end for the couple, who would each go on to have their own extramarital affairs.
— Shannon Carlin, TIME, 3 Nov. 2023 -
The greater collapse was off the course toward the end of 2009 when Woods was caught in multiple extramarital affairs that led to divorce.
— Doug Ferguson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 June 2018 -
The pair were rarely seen together and both were thought to be involved in extramarital affairs.
— Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2020 -
The film devotes some time to two of Pavarotti’s extramarital affairs and his divorce from his first wife, although this is not the film’s main focus.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2019 -
The same might have been said of Duff Cooper, a British viscount, diplomat, politician, war hero, man-about-town—always good for a glass of port or an extramarital romp.
— Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024 -
During the news conference, Humphrey said the claim of an extramarital affair was false.
— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2020 -
Lina [who has an extramarital affair] came to me through the doctor at the Kinsey Institute.
— Kimberly Cutter, Marie Claire, 18 June 2019 -
And, few places are more conducive for extramarital affairs than the workplace.
— Ebony Flake, Essence, 14 Dec. 2022 -
And there is the Ritz hotel, the scene of the historic occasion when Charles and Camilla emerged from the shadows of their extramarital affair and appeared in public as a couple for the first time.
— Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023 -
The news comes after rumors last June that Millepied had an extramarital affair.
— Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024 -
The defendants in the case have suggested that an extramarital affair led to the birth of the girl, according to a court order compelling the defense to produce records.
— Nicole Chavez, CNN, 13 Sep. 2019 -
It has been known for a decade that Moore, who died in 2003, was bisexual and had a long extramarital affair that began when a young man came to him for counseling.
— David Crary, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018 -
Winning three terms in the U.S. House in the 1990s, Sanford then was elected twice as governor before an extramarital affair marred the end of his second term.
— Meg Kinnard, Star Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021 -
The film retells the true story of Gary Hart’s presidential campaign in 1988, which was thrown off course when he was caught having an extramarital affair.
— Megan Stein, Country Living, 27 Oct. 2018 -
Didion writes of the extramarital affairs, drug abuse, and socio-economic climbing that marked the Millers’ lives.
— Mary Spencer, National Review, 29 June 2019 -
The split comes after reports surfaced in May 2023 that Millepied had an extramarital affair.
— Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024 -
Jack Lemmon plays Bud, a white-collar drone who lends out his apartment to his bosses for their extramarital affairs.
— Will Leitch, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024 -
Jack Lemmon plays Bud, a white-collar drone who lends out his apartment to his bosses for their extramarital affairs.
— Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021 -
In one case, a man and a woman were reportedly stoned to death in Badakhshan province for having an extramarital affair.
— Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 -
While a new baby brings its own joys and challenges, the princess later attributed the couple's problems to the extramarital affair, not their second son.
— Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2017 -
In 2016, Bobeck was fired from his post on the Joint Staff for having an extramarital affair, a violation of military law.
— Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2018 -
As well as admitting to her own extramarital affairs, Princess Diana also suggested that Charles might not be cut out for the throne.
— Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Nov. 2022 -
And therefore those who get themselves worked up by an extramarital affair there, or a scandal here, fail to grasp the precious, fleeting nature of life that must be grabbed and lived before it is snuffed out.
— Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2022 -
Her role as the mother of three handling her husband’s extramarital affairs and drug empire garnered her much acclaim over the show’s six seasons.
— Mia Uzzell, Essence, 25 Feb. 2021 -
In between came an extramarital affair, plenty of scandal, two divorces, and a whole lot of heartbreak.
— Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2018 -
In these stories, knowledge itself functions a bit like the heroine’s extramarital affair in the novel of adultery.
— James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024 -
As Sarah is thrown back into the public eye and the investigation, the woman that Bob was having an extramarital affair with goes missing too.
— Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
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