How to Use adultery in a Sentence

adultery

noun
  • He found out that his wife had committed adultery.
  • She accused her husband of adultery.
  • Thou shalt not commit adultery.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
  • They were accused of adultery, theft and running away from home.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Men have been lashed in the local sports stadium for adultery and theft.
    — Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
  • Allegations of adultery—both his and hers—met him at both ends.
    — Ben Widdicombe, Town & Country, 10 Apr. 2019
  • Desi’s adultery, which Lucy always knew about it, was part of it.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
  • One of them said, the sixth commandment is, thou shalt not admit adultery.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2018
  • More glaring than the drug problem in the movie, though, is the adultery problem.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Unhappy unions loom large in the novel, which teems with adultery.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • For them, adventure wasn’t the main reason for their adultery.
    — Karin Jones, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery.
    — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 1 Oct. 2020
  • If an accuser fails to meet the high standard of proof for rape, she can then be accused of adultery.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Here’s what to know about the legal proceedings of adultery in Texas.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This is adultery, plain and simple, and your acceptance of it is immoral.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Within hours, there would be allegations of adultery and a bloody fight.
    — New York Times, 18 Jan. 2020
  • In 1928, Cecil served more than six months in prison for adultery.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2020
  • In 1970, Myra filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery and abuse.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Texas law doesn't consider adultery to be a felony or misdemeanor.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Public opinion is against adultery.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • If a man's sperm fertilizes an egg from a woman who is not his wife, does that constitute adultery?
    — Ariana Eunjung Cha, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Soon after, her husband filed for an at-fault divorce, citing adultery as the main reason.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2022
  • That same day, the then-Prince Charles had confessed his adultery on television.
    — Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2026
  • Others accused Jackson of adultery and his wife, Rachel, of bigamy.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2017
  • In the series, Margaret isn’t just accused of adultery, she is accused of theft, drugs, and forgery.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The Paris feuilletons were full of adulteries in high society.
    — Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Until 1922, a man could divorce his wife for adultery alone but the same was not true for women.
    — Meredith Blake Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Katya Brock accused her husband in divorce records of adultery and not paying child support on time.
    — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2021
  • There was this Sunday school instructor who once used his time before the class to inveigh against adultery.
    — Jarvis Deberry, NOLA.com, 10 May 2017
  • In the Gospel, a group of Pharisees have gathered to stone a woman accused of adultery.
    — Annie Geng, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021

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