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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