amorous

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024

This becomes the focus of the rom-com with no rom, which replaces the notion of an amorous happily ever after with self-empowerment, never betraying its tagline: "She's everything. He's just Ken."

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2023

“He builds them on the basis of elaborate improvisations, constructing long scenes of comic misadventures and amorous misunderstandings,” he wrote.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Her poignant voice transcends genre, and the wistful study of love — familial, platonic, amorous — underlies the heart of all her stories.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Turkeys seem to be manic-depressive types, gobbling with blushing wattles, spread tails, and scraping wings in amorous bravado at one moment and huddled in craven cowardice the next.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck