extramarital
adjective
ex·tra·mar·i·tal
ˌek-strə-ˈmer-ə-tᵊl 
-ˈma-rə-
: of, relating to, or being sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse : adulterous
an extramarital affair
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Examples of extramarital in a Sentence
she had several extramarital affairs with coworkers
Recent Examples on the Web
Jennifer Crumbley also took the stand in her own defense, and was grilled by prosecutors over her extramarital affairs and relationship with her son.
ABC News' Whitney Lloyd contributed to this report.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2024
The prosecution depicted her as a woman more consumed with her work and her horses and her extramarital affairs than her child.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
The additional revelation of an extramarital affair could have cost Trump the White House; voters certainly deserved to know the facts.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
The split comes after reports surfaced in May 2023 that Millepied had an extramarital affair.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
The case against Jennifer focused heavily on her personal life, digging into her voluminous text messages, her relationship with her son and even her extramarital affair.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
Witness the 2014 iCloud hack that spilled dozens of celebrities’ private photos across the internet, or the 2015 attack on Ashley Madison, a website enabling extramarital affairs, exposing the personal details of thousands of subscribers.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2024
The news comes after rumors last June that Millepied had an extramarital affair.
—Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
Navigating their under-the-radar separation, which followed media reports in May 2023 of an extramarital affair by Millepied, has not been easy for Portman.
—Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2024
The prosecution depicted her as a woman more consumed with her work and her horses and her extramarital affairs than her child.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
The additional revelation of an extramarital affair could have cost Trump the White House; voters certainly deserved to know the facts.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
The split comes after reports surfaced in May 2023 that Millepied had an extramarital affair.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
The case against Jennifer focused heavily on her personal life, digging into her voluminous text messages, her relationship with her son and even her extramarital affair.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
Witness the 2014 iCloud hack that spilled dozens of celebrities’ private photos across the internet, or the 2015 attack on Ashley Madison, a website enabling extramarital affairs, exposing the personal details of thousands of subscribers.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2024
The news comes after rumors last June that Millepied had an extramarital affair.
—Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
Navigating their under-the-radar separation, which followed media reports in May 2023 of an extramarital affair by Millepied, has not been easy for Portman.
—Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
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extramarital
adjective
ex·tra·mar·i·tal
ˌek-strə-ˈmar-ət-ᵊl
: of or relating to sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse
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