paramour
Example Sentences
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Early in McMurtry’s career, a paramour gave him a sweatshirt that read “Minor Regional Novelist.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Miss Piggy, her paramour Kermit the Frog, Gonzo, and Fozzie have reunited for the one-off show to mark its 50th birthday, after their beloved film outings such as Muppet Christmas Carol.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Often, a Housewife will end one season in a promising new relationship, only for their paramour to be cut loose by the next, when new romances blossom alongside fresh opening taglines.
From Salon • May 5, 2025
Why bother assembling at least two full royal courts without throwing in a jaded minister, a worldly wise paramour or a tart-tongued sibling?
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024
He went in to the King, my grandfather, and demanded that my mother break olT the engagement with her paramour.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing paramour
All You Need is Love: Amor and Phil
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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