How to Use philanderer in a Sentence
philanderer
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Matt’s has to do with his father, a philanderer whose infidelities led his parents to split.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2021
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In addition to being a beloved and influential preacher, the Rev. C.L. Franklin was a drinker, a bully and a shameless philanderer.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
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Buns is a philanderer and a pedophile; Sincere is a faithful partner and loving father.
—Jordan Coley, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2021
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The husband — one Armand-Loup — is a serial philanderer who most recently has been discovered having an affair with the wife of the local boulanger.
—Washington Post, 21 June 2021
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Most of the astronauts were unable to remain loyal to their wives, with Shepard taking the lead as a compulsive philanderer while Glenn always remained true to his love, Annie.
—Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2020
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Gladys was pretty good about living with a serial philanderer.
—Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2022
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Al Neiman was a notorious philanderer, and eventually, Carrie sued him for divorce, not long after having a miscarriage.
—Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
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Casanova, Last Love depicts the quintessential European seducer’s final years, when the philanderer finally meets his match.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 July 2021
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Vain philanderers are perhaps even more common than fastidious captains.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
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If a cliché is a formal expression whose original charm has been deadened through repetition, then nothing could better describe Amis’s reputation as an overrated, overpaid philanderer.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2020
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Felix is a serial philanderer, a relentless seducer who, even now, at around seventy, in Laura’s presence, flirts outrageously with young women, perfect strangers—a waitress, his granddaughters’ ballet teacher, one of Dean’s colleagues.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2020
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Rivals, especially conservatives, initially dismissed him as a crude-mouthed, irreligious philanderer with little to offer besides celebrity and questionable business bona fides.
—Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
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