Wondering how to use Carnal in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as animal or fleshly.
Carnal meaning
- Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
- Worldly or earthly; temporal.
- Of or relating to the body or flesh.
Using Carnal
- The main meaning on this page is: Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities. | Worldly or earthly; temporal. | Of or relating to the body or flesh.
- Useful related words include: animal, fleshly, sensual, physical.
- In the example corpus, carnal often appears in combinations such as: carnal knowledge, had carnal, having carnal.
Context around Carnal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carnal
- In this selection, "carnal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, having, unlawful, inherently, knowledge, goals and desire stand out and add context to how "carnal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and had carnal knowledge of and forcefully had carnal knowledge of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carnal" sits close to words such as abating, abductors and abstaining, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carnal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The imagery is inherently carnal. (5 words)
A Lusaka man has allegedly been caught having carnal knowledge with his dog. (13 words)
You may be religious yet very carnal, but once you are spiritual, you see things from divine point of view. (20 words)
The suspect, who was apprehended by the State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare in collaboration with operatives of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, was said to have had carnal knowledge of the young boys repeated times. (40 words)
But with his penchant for fleshy tableaux and male-gaze naughtiness, Sorrentino often comes across like a reborn Cecil B. DeMille, displaying “shocking” scenes of carnal excess, while not so secretly asking us to revel in them. (37 words)
Mozart, on the other hand, may be puerile and overly carnal in his relations with his wife-to-be Constanze, but he is the incarnation of innocence itself; brimming over with a natural love of life. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Lusaka man has allegedly been caught having carnal knowledge with his dog.
Its protagonist's simplistic and carnal goals and terrifying monster designs make for a highly entertaining watch that wouldn't hit as hard without the talented voice cast behind it all.
On getting to the school compound at Agbajege village, Sodiq allegedly forcefully dragged her to his room, where he had unlawful carnal knowledge of her despite her pleading and crying for mercy.
She added that not long after she moved into the priest’s house in Ihiala, Anambra State, he started having carnal knowledge of her and continued until she became pregnant at the age of 17.
She, however, noted that things took another turn when the pastor allegedly forcefully had carnal knowledge of her sometime in 2022, adding that afterwards, it became a regular act.
The carnal desire, as this short film strives to point out, is a necessity that provides stability for a lucid way of living life.
The little girl was also taken to the hospital, where it was also confirmed that the suspect truly had carnal knowledge of her.
The suspect, who was apprehended by the State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare in collaboration with operatives of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, was said to have had carnal knowledge of the young boys repeated times.
You may be religious yet very carnal, but once you are spiritual, you see things from divine point of view.
A 70-year-old Hunsu Sunday, has confessed that he had carnal knowledge of his granddaughter, a 15-year-old girl.
He said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, name withheld, armed himself with a machete, covered the victim’s mouth with a piece of cloth, and forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her.
It was learnt that the man allegedly lured the minor into his apartment with money and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.
The imagery is inherently carnal.
According to findings, Shamshideen Salihu sneaked into the family home of the little girl when the parents were not around and had carnal knowledge of the girl.
But with his penchant for fleshy tableaux and male-gaze naughtiness, Sorrentino often comes across like a reborn Cecil B. DeMille, displaying “shocking” scenes of carnal excess, while not so secretly asking us to revel in them.
Despite their age gap, with Carrie born in 1989 and Boris 1789, both reportedly indulged their carnal lusts in the very same bed that Theresa May managed to screw an entire nation.
His widow: Nichols died in 2014 at 83. He is the director of such classic films as The Graduate, Carnal Knowledge and Working Girl.
It was learnt that Shamshideen Salihu sneaked into the family home of the little girl when the parents were not around and had carnal knowledge of the girl.
Mozart, on the other hand, may be puerile and overly carnal in his relations with his wife-to-be Constanze, but he is the incarnation of innocence itself; brimming over with a natural love of life.
That’s why maybe when she … when she rapes Monte, suddenly she has the feeling of flesh, you know, and something more carnal.
Common combinations with carnal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: