How to Use promiscuity in a Sentence
promiscuity
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In a number of those workshops promiscuity takes place in the most rude and horrible ways.
—Win McCormack, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2018
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The film gets into some moralistic hand-wringing over the fact that her death should not be blamed on her promiscuity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 May 2023
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The band member’s promiscuity had also reached new heights.
—Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2020
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In that video, Bieber struts around a house party at a mansion, and lip synchs lyrics about promiscuity, alcohol use and the decadence of fame.
—Giulia Heyward and Jeanne Bonner, CNN, 17 Oct. 2020
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The Catholic Church condemned the birth control pill, preachers linked it to promiscuity and politicians urged pharmacies to pull the product from the shelves.
—Steve Marble, latimes.com, 27 June 2019
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Granda wasn't surprised that Falwell tried to pin the affair on his wife's promiscuity.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2020
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This decade of license and promiscuity came abruptly to an end in the mid-1980s as the full horror of the AIDS epidemic became apparent.
—New York Times, 10 May 2021
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Fuller is the less committed of the lovers, and Timothy’s despair over Fuller’s promiscuity leads him to enlist in the Army to rid himself of his obsession.
—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018
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But the promiscuity of his Twitter output is an outlier among his other tech habits.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 Feb. 2022
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Yet that early alienation did not prevent her from embracing her wants as an adult and indulging in the pleasures of promiscuity.
—New York Times, 19 Apr. 2021
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Having been raped at knifepoint, the friend received nothing from the school’s health services other than a lecture about promiscuity.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2022
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One of the dominant figures in Ira’s life and in the film is his mother, Maw-maw, who constantly scolds him for his promiscuity and extravagance.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2021
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But for some animals, promiscuity is about being a caring mom.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 June 2022
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In the era of shopper promiscuity, consumers are looking out for their needs first and pushing brands into a state of constant acquisition.
—Rebecca Brooks, Forbes, 23 May 2022
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Others argued that allowing women to drive would lead to promiscuity and the collapse of the Saudi family.
—Jack Holmes, Esquire, 29 Sep. 2017
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And other unworthy characters whose gambling and debts and promiscuity bring down those around them.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2020
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Written after a breakup with a boyfriend, its stylistic promiscuity mirrors his own journey to self-acceptance.
—Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
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Underpinning the concerns among men and women alike is the fear that bringing women into the workplace, allowing them to drive and relaxing the dress codes, will lead to promiscuity and a breakdown of the moral code.
—Washington Post, 17 June 2018
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Instead, as the records that have come to light show, Hari was a scapegoat, targeted because of her brazen promiscuity, exotic allure and defiance of societal norms of the day.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2017
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But intranasal promiscuity is a surefire way to increase those numbers, Nuzzo warns, and spread untold other germs besides.
—Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2022
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Greene’s promiscuity is mentioned but seldom delved into.
—Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
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But the pill also generated intense debates over promiscuity and the morality of birth control.
—Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2019
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Even creatures prone to promiscuity, like rats, are often primed to revisit their first pleasure-inducing partner, according to a 2015 study co-authored by Pfaus.
—Amy Paturel, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2017
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There is an enormous difference between selfish promiscuity, coupled with appalling sexism, and sexting a 14-year-old, or rape.
—Rosanne Cash, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2019
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But Booster and Ahn still manage to make the contrivances feel fresh, even if the tonal zags — praising promiscuity and Dionysian excess one minute only to turn earnestly sincere the next — occasionally don’t play well with each other.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 1 June 2022
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During the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton years, fears of drugs, promiscuity, and disorder led school administrators to devise new methods for surveilling school bathrooms.
—J.y. Chua, The Atlantic, 2 June 2017
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Flooding them with the promiscuity of its associations: blood, desire, danger, anger, love, good luck, failure, frustration, fight, flight, fault.
—Matthew Sweet, The Economist, 10 July 2020
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In recent years, Hindu hardliners have raided shops in Indian cities, burned cards and gifts, and chased hand-holding couples out of restaurants and parks, saying that Valentine's Day promotes promiscuity.
—Ashok Sharma, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
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Its backers say that will fight pedophilia and discourage early promiscuity.
—Vanessa Gera, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2020
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While trends like shopper promiscuity and the decline of brand loyalty have been on the rise for some time, today’s financial insecurity is accelerating the process.
—Rebecca Brooks, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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