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intimacy

[in-tuh-muh-see] / ˈɪn tə mə si /


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“If a phone call is intimate and your conversations on a regular basis are snapshots of your face making funny images, then the idea of going into deep intimacy must be absolutely terrifying.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

A survey of the Young British Artist spotlights the intimacy and boldness that have characterized her vision, as well as the ripening wisdom of her latest work.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Heughan said the series, which ended this year after eight seasons, did not initially have intimacy co-ordinators and "we were very much left to our own devices".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Texts should be messy anyway, she adds, because the intimacy comes from informality.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

In a rare mood of intimacy Judith linked arms with Kit as they set out along High Street to gather the last of the corn in the meadow.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Mr. Jensen, himself a native of western Nebraska, writes insightfully about the intimacies, frustrations and rivalries of such a place.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

The lines that had once been carved in laws and norms are obsolete in the eyes of an algorithm designed to lure you into the performative intimacies of strangers’ lives.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2025

It takes some getting used to, but it puts you in an outward-facing mood, attuned to sounds and intimacies.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2024

Each has consequences on the longer-term lifespan of whatever intimacies their characters can scrape out for themselves.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2024

They said they loved each other, used “darling” and “dearest,” and knew their future was together, but they held back from wilder intimacies.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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