Sentence examples for marital conduct from inspiring English sources
Lewis's third novel, a tale of the South after World War II that revolves mainly around Memphis, bears the anti-Faulknerian moral that the past is indeed over, so out of reach that a chief character's parents seem unreal to him and so does their adherence to certain rules of the Old South code governing marital conduct.
With few exceptions the works focus on female virtue, proper marital conduct, and practical issues such as how to choose a wet nurse and how to deal with slaves.
A judge declared DesJarlais' indiscretions had started the marriage down the path to dissolution, beginning in 1998 when his wife alleged improper marital conduct by her spouse.
The recent string of marital affairs conducted by high-profile politicians, such as Senator John Ensign and Governor Mark Sanford, has left the public wondering why so many politicians just can't seem to resist the temptation to cheat.
They offer services such as background checks, investigating suspected marital infidelities, conducting employment screenings, verifying a person's identity, finding missing people, and recovering stolen property.
The bureau has always relished gathering material about marital and extramarital conduct, and it comments that Dreiser was "indicted in 1931 in Bell County, Kentucky, for Criminal Syndicalism and Adultery".
He cited a marital satisfaction study conducted by Stanford psychologist Lewis Terman in 1941, looking at the sex lives of 1,500 Californian couples.
Or, worse yet, around mere rumors of the way movie stars conduct their marital affairs.
This would not be the first time that marital negotiations have been conducted in public.
We filled out questionnaires on marital satisfaction, then Gottman conducted an oral history, interviewing us about our marriage and our conflicts as we sat on a futon and cast wary glances at the office chairs on wired jiggle pads so reminiscent of electric chairs.
As a consequence of certain marital negotations last year (not conducted in the most happiness-boosting way, I must confess), my husband took on the job of dealing with my daughter's adventure in orthodontia.
