osculation

Example Sentences

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You won’t find “come from away” or “screech-in”—a mock ceremony depicted in the musical that confers Newfoundland “citizenship,” featuring extreme drunkenness and the osculation of a raw cod—in the Oxford English Dictionary.

From The New Yorker

One of the play's more memorable exchanges directly engages the all-important subject of theatrical osculation.

From Los Angeles Times

I suppose he was afraid she would have no lips left after such reiterated osculation.

From Project Gutenberg

On the same day I saw “Vanya,” I was treated to a more optimistic act of osculation in the afternoon.

From New York Times

Acts of osculation have of course been known to sweep people off their feet.

From New York Times