connubial
adjective
con·nu·bi·al
kə-ˈnü-bē-əl 
-ˈnyü-
: of or relating to the married state : conjugal
connubial relations
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Examples of connubial in a Sentence
a happy couple celebrating half a century of connubial bliss
Recent Examples on the Web
The latest installment follows the central friends-to-lovers romance of Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), ending with their connubial bliss and a new Bridgerton baby, the future new Lord Featherington.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 June 2024
But now, the widowed Sophie needs West to feign an engagement with her in order to push her younger (also widowed) sister Alexandra into her own connubial bliss.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
Over the last five months, Sydney Steinberg and Noah Findling have invited listeners into their connubial bed several times a week to hear about their lives as an entertainment power couple.
—Marc Hershon, Vulture, 26 July 2023
Relyea was like an Old Testament prophet in the saturnine power of his recitatives, lightening his deep dark basso timbre for the evocation of Adam and Eve’s connubial bliss in his duets with Sierra in Part 3.
—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2017
The Maldivians have the highest divorce rate in the world, a fact which to my mind uniquely qualifies them to officiate over the interment by water of the connubial myth.
—Rachel Cusk, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2017
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 June 2024
But now, the widowed Sophie needs West to feign an engagement with her in order to push her younger (also widowed) sister Alexandra into her own connubial bliss.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
Over the last five months, Sydney Steinberg and Noah Findling have invited listeners into their connubial bed several times a week to hear about their lives as an entertainment power couple.
—Marc Hershon, Vulture, 26 July 2023
Relyea was like an Old Testament prophet in the saturnine power of his recitatives, lightening his deep dark basso timbre for the evocation of Adam and Eve’s connubial bliss in his duets with Sierra in Part 3.
—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2017
The Maldivians have the highest divorce rate in the world, a fact which to my mind uniquely qualifies them to officiate over the interment by water of the connubial myth.
—Rachel Cusk, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2017
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“Connubial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/connubial. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
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