On the other hand, we find sober folk reading "An Arrow against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing Drawn out of the Quiver of the Scriptures By the Ministers of Christ at Boston.
Connecticut folk seemed to be particularly given to this slipshod fashion of promiscuous and unlicensed book-borrowing, if we can trust the apparent proof given by Connecticut newspapers in their many advertisements of lost books.
There were four men at the luncheon party, which was really not a luncheon party at all, but a promiscuous coming together of four of the men who usually sat at what was called the Colonel's table.
If you mean that I have no desire to encourage promiscuous acquaintances, you are certainly right.
From this promiscuous breed that race now called Americans has arisen.
But the dominant language of the "promiscuous breed" was English, and in the few real centers of intellectual life the English tradition was almost absolute.
St. Epiphanius, in the fourth century, assures us that some of their sects were accustomed to kill, to dress with spices, and to eat the children born of their promiscuous intercourse.
The first and great mischief, and by consequence the guilt, of promiscuousconcubinage consists in its tendency to diminish marriages.
This is mainly due to the strictness with which good behavior and chastity are enforced in all French households, where no promiscuousintercourse between the sexes is countenanced.
His mien was at once dignified, and when contrasted with the promiscuous countenances that surrounded him, wore an air singularly American.
There was a strong legal air about the table, notwithstanding its promiscuous burden.
Even Collins, with all his liberality, had originally too much good sense to attempt Association in the promiscuous way of the Fourierists.
Our Communities are families, as distinctly bounded and separated from promiscuous society as ordinary households.
As the society he sought on these nights was of a promiscuous character, he was in the habit of leaving at his office any large sum of money that had come into his hands during the day.
Or was it not perhaps that you had been in the habit of rendering somewhat dubious services to some of your promiscuous clients?
It would appear to be a powerful safeguard against promiscuous sex relations.
The pervasive fragrance makes one adore the whole sex, but my wife does not interpret this homage in a sexually promiscuous sense.
And before this promiscuous throng women in bright but scanty drapery, and wan faces, flaunt their charms.
Disinheriting as a regular habit, a promiscuous pastime, is not included in the patria potestas.
But I said to myself that, for once at least, I was not to be included in that unfashionably promiscuous company.
Who today knows not alone of the power already alluded to, but who that knows that his ability before a jury has never been surpassed in the state, or that he was peerless as a popular speaker before a promiscuous audience?
Fluent and eloquent, he was at home before a promiscuous gathering.
No sensible person would advocate promiscuous nakedness any more than promiscuous sex-relationship; nor is it likely that aged and deformed people would at any time wish to expose themselves.
If the sectaries of the metropolis were soon mingled with the promiscuous mass, those of the country struck a deep root in a foreign soil.
The promiscuous multitudes of Peter the Hermit were savage beasts, alike destitute of humanity and reason: nor was it possible for Alexius to prevent or deplore their destruction.
The laws of hospitality were violated by a promiscuous massacre: the board was spread over their fallen bodies; and the festivity of the guests was enlivened by the music of their dying groans.
They successively rushed on the promiscuous multitude, insufficiently provided with arms, and already vanquished by sorrow and fatigue.
Promiscuous Inquiries, chiefly about Cold, formerly sent and recommended to Monsieur Heuelius; together with his Answer return'd to some of them.
Some promiscuous Observations, made in Somerset shire, and imparted by the above-mentioned Dr.
Promiscuous Inquiries formerly recommended to Monsieur Heuelius, particularly about Cold; together with his own, and his Correspondents Answer to some of them.
Promiscuous Inquiries about Mines, from the same Author.
Some promiscuous Observations made in Somersetshire.
The Tibetans court promiscuous intercourse between their families and the Kashmir merchants who traverse their country.
The laws of hospitality were violated by a promiscuous massacre; the board was spread over their fallen bodies; and the festivity of their guests were enlivened by the music of their dying groans.
I am confident there was a trick in that game--some gambler's trick she has picked up among her promiscuous acquaintances.
With Overton or myself, of course, a game would not do you any special harm; but you simply must not indulge in such pastime with this promiscuous gathering of people--of men.
Of course, being as I'm a widow myself, I can't just make that statement to men folks promiscuous like.
Your senses are aroused by a promiscuous discharging of pistols, and you are filled with a vague thought that the whole city has been formed into a line of skirmishers.
Promiscuous almsgiving was enjoined as a duty:--"Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Moreover, in many tribes the {425} free intercourse which prevails between unmarried people is not of a promiscuous nature, and leads necessarily to marriage should the girl prove with child.
In many tribes the free intercourse which prevails between unmarried people not of a promiscuous nature, p.
Promiscuous sexual {424} intercourse between married or unmarried people, or even among children, appears to be looked upon simply as a matter for amusement.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "promiscuous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
