intimates

Example Sentences

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On the earnings call, the intimates executive proved she has mastered the fine art of corporate brandspeak with lines like “underscoring the power of putting ourselves at the center of the cultural conversation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

These are intentionally not the Kennedy family’s stories or takes from their intimates, but the people who had enough of a professional closeness to be at hand when the assassination happened.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2023

“I look happy, but only in old photos,” Benito intimates in Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023

“There is something in a landscape like that which humbles you and intimates to you that there’s something very big out there, and this thing has an awful lot of power,” says Lindahl.

From National Geographic • Oct. 13, 2023

But there would also be times when I sensed the deepest truth about language and intimacy: Intimacy is not created by a particular language; it is created by intimates.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez