intimacy
Example Sentences
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"Those years when you're sort of experimenting with how you show up in person with another person, how you flirt, how you think about intimacy, that was interrupted for many people," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
They also reveal how this ceremony has brought out a dangerous rivalry between them that threatens their intimacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
“There’s an intimacy to it,” she says of her work in rural areas.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
"If broadcasters are going to make programmes centred on intimacy, they have to equally centre safeguarding and care," she said.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
I tried to curl myself around Rose's back, but the intimacy was further broken by RiRi’s feet thrown backwards over Rose’s knees so that they jabbed into my legs like rounded icicles.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Vocabulary lists containing intimacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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