intimate
Example Sentences
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“There are complex choreographed numbers – truly impactful moments – and then there are moments that are beautifully intimate.”
From Salon
The artist’s intimate 1929 canvas, from her first stay in New Mexico, seems to gaze up at a towering tree with awe and fascination.
Yet if you imagine yourself lying on a bench or table, as she did while viewing the tree, the perspective is persuasive and intimate.
Somewhere in that meal, I felt that oyster-like disbelief when something simple tastes better than expected, and you pretend not to notice because the surprise feels too intimate to say out loud.
From Los Angeles Times
"I wanted it to be an intimate and direct image, but also powerful," she said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
