Recent Examples on the WebThe virus spreads primarily through intimate, skin-to-skin contact, such as intercourse. Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 The second man was 32-years-old and had had unprotected intercourse with another man during the first half of May. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 June 2022 God told Onan to have intercourse with his dead brother’s wife. Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 8 June 2022 If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer. Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 16 May 2022 If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 16 May 2022 If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2022 Fertilization does not mean pregnancy, some experts say There is little debate about the mechanics of pregnancy: After intercourse, sperm travels through the uterus and into the fallopian tubes to fertilize an egg during ovulation. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022 The cozy sea-green space is where teenage Ruby, the sole hearing member of a deaf family, chides her parents for engaging in cacophonous intercourse while a crush is visiting. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English intercurse, probably from Middle French entrecours, from Medieval Latin intercursus, from Latin, act of running between, from intercurrere to run between, from inter- + currere to run — more at car