intimacy

Example Sentences

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"Those years when you're sort of experimenting with how you show up in person with another person, how you flirt, how you think about intimacy, that was interrupted for many people," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Captain learned these habits through work in intimacy coordination and under the mentorship of Tonia Sina, among the first professional intimacy coordinators in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

“There’s a level of intimacy you get, and there’s a time frame built in when you’re at dinner, or at lunch, versus at a bar or at a coffee shop,” said Murthy, a 25-year-old paralegal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"If broadcasters are going to make programmes centred on intimacy, they have to equally centre safeguarding and care," she said.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

You need intimacy to be a unit, and the seamless knowing Pet had of her made up a little for how much she missed the closeness she used to share with her parents.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi