amorous
Example Sentences
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Omid, whose English surpasses Marjan’s own level, has excited such hopes, and the touchingly Chekhovian quasi-romance between them adds a gentle note of amorous wistfulness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
The results do not just overturn previous theories about amorous and peaceful meetings between groups of people.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
When she’s on the stage, you can’t take your eyes off her; whether she is being regal, amorous or crushed by betrayal, she commands the space as if she really were an enchantress.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
This becomes the focus of the rom-com with no rom, which replaces the notion of an amorous happily ever after with self-empowerment, never betraying its tagline: "She's everything. He's just Ken."
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023
It h a menacing or amorous puff, similar to the grampus.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing amorous
All You Need is Love: Amor and Phil
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Romeo and Juliet
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"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
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