How to Use extramarital in a Sentence

extramarital

adjective
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  • One allegation of an extramarital affair, which is not a crime, is lodged against a prominent female politician.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Molinaroli had an extramarital affair with an employee of a consulting firm that was working with the company.
    — Steve Jagler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2018
  • No one has claimed that Becky knew that the incidents were harassment versus merely extramarital affairs.
    — Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2017
  • In the aftermath, rumors surfaced that Woods had been having extramarital affairs with other women.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Authorities say the child had been conceived while Ruby Stephens was having an extramarital affair.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The report alleges King had extramarital affairs with a number of women and was suspected of fathering a daughter out of wedlock.
    — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2017
  • An adult film star who reportedly alleged an extramarital affair with Donald Trump now says in a statement the affair never happened.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The friend said Larry Rudolph had been involved in extramarital affairs and had a girlfriend at the time of his wife's death.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Two of my ex-wives were having extramarital affairs, and the divorces were quite nasty.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2020
  • The plan was to film her and then accuse Cochran of having an extramarital affair while his wife was dying.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • That betrayal would be the beginning of the end for the couple, who would each go on to have their own extramarital affairs.
    — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The greater collapse was off the course toward the end of 2009 when Woods was caught in multiple extramarital affairs that led to divorce.
    — Doug Ferguson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 June 2018
  • The pair were rarely seen together and both were thought to be involved in extramarital affairs.
    — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The film devotes some time to two of Pavarotti’s extramarital affairs and his divorce from his first wife, although this is not the film’s main focus.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2019
  • The same might have been said of Duff Cooper, a British viscount, diplomat, politician, war hero, man-about-town—always good for a glass of port or an extramarital romp.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • During the news conference, Humphrey said the claim of an extramarital affair was false.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Lina [who has an extramarital affair] came to me through the doctor at the Kinsey Institute.
    — Kimberly Cutter, Marie Claire, 18 June 2019
  • And, few places are more conducive for extramarital affairs than the workplace.
    — Ebony Flake, Essence, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And there is the Ritz hotel, the scene of the historic occasion when Charles and Camilla emerged from the shadows of their extramarital affair and appeared in public as a couple for the first time.
    — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The news comes after rumors last June that Millepied had an extramarital affair.
    — Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The defendants in the case have suggested that an extramarital affair led to the birth of the girl, according to a court order compelling the defense to produce records.
    — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 13 Sep. 2019
  • It has been known for a decade that Moore, who died in 2003, was bisexual and had a long extramarital affair that began when a young man came to him for counseling.
    — David Crary, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Winning three terms in the U.S. House in the 1990s, Sanford then was elected twice as governor before an extramarital affair marred the end of his second term.
    — Meg Kinnard, Star Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The film retells the true story of Gary Hart’s presidential campaign in 1988, which was thrown off course when he was caught having an extramarital affair.
    — Megan Stein, Country Living, 27 Oct. 2018
  • Didion writes of the extramarital affairs, drug abuse, and socio-economic climbing that marked the Millers’ lives.
    — Mary Spencer, National Review, 29 June 2019
  • The split comes after reports surfaced in May 2023 that Millepied had an extramarital affair.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Jack Lemmon plays Bud, a white-collar drone who lends out his apartment to his bosses for their extramarital affairs.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Jack Lemmon plays Bud, a white-collar drone who lends out his apartment to his bosses for their extramarital affairs.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Two years earlier, Hillsong Church pastor Carl Lentz was fired by church leaders after an extramarital affair.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
  • Barid plays a young woman named Leila who is trying to pursue her passions and ambitions while contending with Morocco’s societal constraints and becomes pregnant in an extramarital love affair.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 June 2024

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