illicit romance

Example Sentences

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Two scholars investigate an illicit romance between two poets of the Victorian era.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2019

In a libretto by the fashionable Dutch philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, an exiled Jew and Babylonian have, as in “Nabucco,” an illicit romance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2019

Burton Hersh, author of “Edward Kennedy: An Intimate Biography,” balks at any insinuation of drunkenness, illicit romance or the portrayal of Ted’s father, Joe, as orchestrator of a coverup.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2018

Yet Wahlberg has admitted to getting "a little creeped out" on reading the script for Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's Oscar-winning drama about two gay cowboys and their illicit romance.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2017

Despite his pledge, Nadir did for a time have an illicit romance with Leila; he still yearns for her.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2016