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amorous

[am-er-uhs] / ˈæm ər əs /


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Flea, was a little boy, his attraction to the trumpet was all-consuming and amorous.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

Classic Hollywood directors like David Lean and Douglas Sirk knew the amorous potentiality contained in the human face, harnessing its elastic electricity to illuminate soaring embraces and aching breakups.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2024

The results do not just overturn previous theories about amorous and peaceful meetings between groups of people.

From Science Daily Feb. 8, 2024

Her breakthrough role was as the amorous mermaid in the title of the 1948 hit comedy “Miranda.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 4, 2024

It h a menacing or amorous puff, similar to the grampus.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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