companionate

Example Sentences

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“The idea of companionate marriage and love became a part of the calculus of marriage, and Valentine’s Day cards became a part of courtship,” she says.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Even though modern partnerships are increasingly founded on democratic and companionate principles, when you peer inside the inner workings you often find tired stereotypes very much intact.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2020

The days of Olympian critics delivering wisdom from high are long gone: Today, reviewing is a companionate enterprise, with critics and “civilians” engaging in a dialogue rather one-way pronouncements.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2017

But, like “Julius Caesar,” “Hamlet” is also about how the most intimate expressions of love — whether filial, companionate, or romantic — inevitably act on the state.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2017

You and the law, with an introductory companionate index, also a layman's law dictionary. © 28Sep28; A1054747.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1955 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office