as in extramarital
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
had an adulterous affair that nearly destroyed his marriage
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Recent Examples of adulterous
Sorcerers, lovers, traitors, heroes saintly or adulterous, iconic women of power.
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Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
The 1930s were tumultuous years in the strenuous, tempestuous, frequently adulterous relationship between Rivera and Kahlo.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
Things only get worse for Rusty when prosecutors, including Della Guarda (Fagbenle) and Tommy Molto (Sarsgaard) name him the prime suspect, and his wife, Barbara (Negga), and kids (Chase Infiniti and Kingston Rumi Southwick) are forced to confront his adulterous past.
—EW.com, 12 July 2024
Called in the ancient church the Pericope Adulterae, this is the story of elders who test Jesus by bringing to him an adulterous woman.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
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Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
The 1930s were tumultuous years in the strenuous, tempestuous, frequently adulterous relationship between Rivera and Kahlo.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
Things only get worse for Rusty when prosecutors, including Della Guarda (Fagbenle) and Tommy Molto (Sarsgaard) name him the prime suspect, and his wife, Barbara (Negga), and kids (Chase Infiniti and Kingston Rumi Southwick) are forced to confront his adulterous past.
—EW.com, 12 July 2024
Called in the ancient church the Pericope Adulterae, this is the story of elders who test Jesus by bringing to him an adulterous woman.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for adulterous
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“Adulterous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulterous. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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