Copulation is an English word with synonyms like sex or relation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Copulation meaning
- The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
- Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.
Synonyms of Copulation
Using Copulation
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction. | Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.
- Useful related words include: sexual intercourse, sex, sexual practice, sexual activity.
- In the example corpus, copulation often appears in combinations such as: oral copulation, copulation and, and copulation.
Context around Copulation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Copulation
- In this selection, "copulation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, oral, termed, cloacal, itself, lmc and two stand out and add context to how "copulation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act of copulation itself is and after copulation is over. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "copulation" sits close to words such as abated, aberrations and activations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with copulation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is what I call Linguistic Mind Copulation (LMC). (9 words)
The act of copulation itself is comparable to that of humans. (11 words)
She faces multiple felony counts, including sexual intercourse and oral copulation. (11 words)
Franco was charged with four counts of forcible lewd acts on a child, three counts each of oral copulation of a minor and sexual penetration of a child, and one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, also known as statutory rape. (43 words)
He was charged with two counts of kidnapping with the intent to commit rape, two counts of forcible rape, one count of forcible sodomy, one count of forcible oral copulation, two counts of residential burglary and one count of indecent exposure. (41 words)
Reproductive sexual intercourse between non-human animals is more often termed copulation, and sperm may be introduced into the female's reproductive tract in non-vaginal ways among the animals, such as by cloacal copulation. (35 words)
If this theory were true, should they not inspire nationwide copulation and subsequent logjams in maternity wards everywhere? (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
Reproductive sexual intercourse between non-human animals is more often termed copulation, and sperm may be introduced into the female's reproductive tract in non-vaginal ways among the animals, such as by cloacal copulation.
Franco was charged with four counts of forcible lewd acts on a child, three counts each of oral copulation of a minor and sexual penetration of a child, and one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, also known as statutory rape.
The act of copulation itself is comparable to that of humans.
If this theory were true, should they not inspire nationwide copulation and subsequent logjams in maternity wards everywhere?
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office filed charges Tuesday against Funaki of kidnapping to commit a sex crime, forcible rape and forcible oral copulation, according to court records.
Jeremy faces three charges of forcible rape, three charges of forcible penetration by a foreign object, one count of forcible oral copulation and one count of sexual battery.
She faces multiple felony counts, including sexual intercourse and oral copulation.
This is what I call Linguistic Mind Copulation (LMC).
Kakehi became notorious after using poison to dispatch a number of elderly men she was involved with, drawing comparisons with the spider that kills its mate after copulation.
Alarconnunez is facing charges of rape of an unconscious victim, rape of an intoxicated victim, oral copulation of an intoxicated victim and residential burglary.
Bringing acts of violence, however small, into the bedroom is a choice you need to make with your head, rather than the parts of your body more involved with copulation.
He faces charges of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and forcible digital penetration when he appears in court on Oct. 10.
He was charged with two counts of kidnapping with the intent to commit rape, two counts of forcible rape, one count of forcible sodomy, one count of forcible oral copulation, two counts of residential burglary and one count of indecent exposure.
Oral copulation with person under 14, possession of obscene matter of minor in sexual act, proceedings.
After copulation is over, the male will move on to another female.
Amphibians, reptiles, and birds use the same orifice (known as the cloaca ) for excreting liquid and solid wastes, for copulation and egg -laying.
Consort pairing may take several days and the copulation is also long.
Copulation lasts about 45 seconds and does not involve pelvic thrusting or ejaculatory pause. citation Homosexual behaviour is frequent in both sexes.
Copulation time is short, ranging from 30 seconds to five minutes, but the male may mount her repeatedly to ensure successful fertilization.
During copulation, the "male" individual uses his copulatory organ to transfer sperm to his partner's gonopore and fertilisation is internal.
Common combinations with copulation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- oral copulation 8×
- copulation and 6×
- and copulation 6×
- copulation is 4×
- of copulation 3×
- for copulation 3×
- during copulation 3×
- copulation to 3×
- copulation of 2×
- after copulation 2×