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Recent Examples of conjugal Prince Edward and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh’s conjugal coat of arms has been spied online shortly after a royal crest on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s new website caused a commotion. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024 The disco-pop/rock-opera musical chronicles Imelda’s life, from her roots in abject poverty through the fall of her husband’s regime (often described as a conjugal dictatorship) at the hands of the People Power Revolution. Time, 27 July 2023 Most sexologists admit the fact that tiring workdays and hectic schedules can cause a drastic deterioration in one's conjugal life. Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2023 Francis has even gone so far as to denounce as Pharisees those who affirm the authority of the church teaching that communion for the divorced or remarried who engage in the conjugal act is never permissible. R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018 See All Example Sentences for conjugal
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marital
Adjective
  • Cooper, who wrote the script with Arnett and Mark Chappell, based the movie on the life of a British pharmaceutical rep named John Bishop whose marital-separation fling with stand-up was a story Will Arnett had heard about.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, through the course of this play, the artificiality of 19th-century marital courting and the exaggerated heroism of war are gradually stripped away, allowing the characters’ true voices, true callings and true partners to eventually emerge.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Conjugal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjugal. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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