Sample sentences for PROMISCUOUS

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Definition

indiscriminate (non-selective) — especially having many sexual partners

She has a reputation as a promiscuous party girl.

promiscuous = indiscriminate (non-selective) — especially having many sexual partners

He acquired genital herpes during a period of promiscuity in his youth.
She was criticized for her promiscuous solicitation of campaign money.
From the fourth the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Cask of Amontillado

promiscuously = indiscriminately (non-selectively)

Your mother was, shall we say .... known for her promiscuity.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
"You say 'uncontrolled promiscuity.'
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
It drove her to a promiscuous love life, where men used her instead of loving her.
Rick Bragg -- All Over but the Shoutin'
Trojans and Latians vie with like desires To make the field of battle shine with fires, And the promiscuous blaze to heav'n aspires.
Virgil -- The Aeneid
But the rock on which these easy explanations founder, is that she was not promiscuous.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
The second you placed an item in the file, a fuzzy photograph, an unfounded rumor, it became promiscuously true.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld
Thank God, it was high time that I stopped condescending to promiscuous intercourse with such infamy, such dung.
Marcel Proust -- Swann's Way
Hasn't it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence?
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
One cannot be too careful in a garrison town, as soldiers and sailors are promiscuous in their habits.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
Men running promiscuously and in columns to the lines.
David G. McCullough -- 1776
Those who speak of love most promiscuously are the ones who've never felt it.
Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead
His promiscuity seemed inconceivable, but it also meant that he had seen and done it all.
Alice Sebold -- Lucky
I was stunned by my own promiscuity, and its recklessness.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
Every thing had been heaped in promiscuously.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Gold-Bug
Lawrence didn't approve of strong language in private life and was almost prudish in some ways on the subject of promiscuity.
Thomas C. Foster -- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
The intention is to reduce girls' sexual desire, curb promiscuity, and ensure that daughters will be marriageable.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky

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