amorous
Example Sentences
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Amorous male Costa’s hummingbirds seduce females with their speedy “shuttle dances” and flashy purple plumage.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 30, 2018
In 1965, Mr. Johnson played a leading role in “The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders” opposite his then-wife, Kim Novak.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2015
I played it over in my mind — an endless feedback loop of Denise and me in a screaming match with Peter and Poly Amorous.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2013
Amorous rivalry between a ship's doctor and a chief engineer, heightened by an outbreak of cholera on the high seas, results in a few deep-breathing exercises for Chester Morris and Victor McLaglen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Strange he should ask a hod-man like myself To crown that miracle of his April age," Said Chapman, murmuring softly under breath, "Amorous Leander, beautiful and young ...
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred
Vocabulary lists containing amorous
All You Need is Love: Amor and Phil
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Romeo and Juliet
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"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
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