intimate
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He has described Easter Lily as coming from "a more intimate place" with songs "about friendship, faith, endurance and renewal".
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
They were engaged shortly thereafter, followed by an intimate wedding at her mother’s estate in Southampton.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Organized by the museum’s Yekaterina Barbash with Morgan Moroney and Kathy Zurek-Doule, “Unrolling Eternity” is intimate in scale but immense in scope.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
At times, it almost feels too intimate, as if there’s a familiarity between filmmaker and subject that’s so innately present throughout filming that Coppola forgets not every viewer will come equipped with the same knowledge.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
Needless to say, artistic creation is too subtle and intimate an experience to permit an exact step-by-step description.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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