sexual relations
AmericanEtymology
Origin of sexual relations
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Lady Smith did, however, offer to redact certain information such as previous names used by Mr Sutherland and references to underage sexual relations with police officers.
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It stated that the idea of "marital duties" in French law ignored the importance of consent in sexual relations.
From BBC
Some of the fantasies in Want are moving - the bereaved woman who craves touch and mourns the secondary loss of sexual relations.
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The same man is accused of repeatedly having sexual relations with a girl who was 15 years old when they met.
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It heard that he had previous “illicit” sexual relations with Katie and attacked her after discovering that she was in a relationship with someone else.
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