adultery - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • commit: People no longer commit adultery; they fool around or have a fling.
  • marry: And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
  • admit: The seventh commandment is Thou shalt not admit adultery.
  • prove: Proving adultery is no longer necessary for a court to grant a divorce.
  • include: It means illicit sexual sin of every kind, including adultery.
  • cite: I am going to cite adultery which she is begrudgingly agreeing to.

Preposition: as

  • ground: The absences of a consummation requirement and of adultery as a specific ground of dissolution do open up some possibilities but are not unproblematic.

Adjective modifier

  • committeth: And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
  • vile: He is the faithful husband who will not give up on his wife for all her vile adultery.
  • committed: Perhaps a mother committed adultery that resulted in a child.
  • spiritual: At the very least, spiritual adultery is encouraged by the " season.
  • alleged: After Ann and her brother had been beheaded for alleged adultery the castle was appropriated by the Crown.
  • own: You are right when you say that you cannot petition based upon your own adultery.

Modifies a noun

  • case: If a third person is mentioned, as in an adultery case, that person is called the co- respondent.
  • story: My stock reply was: ' Isn't it striking that the film that won all the Oscars was an adultery story?

Possessives

  • wife: Or did he connive with his wife's adultery to further his own career?
  • word: He doesn't choose ' fornication ' , He chooses the word ' adultery ' .
  • husband: Inevitably there will be some readers who think Someone at a Distance is just the story of a suburban husband's adultery.

Preposition: with

  • woman: On 14 April last year, Alex divorced him on the grounds of admitted adultery with another woman.
  • man: She had been found guilty of committing adultery with 5 men: they also were executed.

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