forbidden love

Example Sentences

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We have the book to thank for so many tropes: forbidden love, friends-to-lovers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Woven throughout the storyline of Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz’s forbidden love is the power struggle between a small pool of wealthy landowners and politicians and the people who serve them.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

“Hauntings, exorcisms, incantations, forbidden love — “The Hacienda” transports one to a world where love triumphs over demons.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

A dark cloud hangs over the whole enterprise, with the perils of the sea and forbidden love illustrated by long, discordant drones and dismembered sounds.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023

Then he says, “But that sounds like a song of forbidden love, Reina. That must mean there’s someone here you secretly love.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar