requited

Example Sentences

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His love for the revolution was not always requited.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022

They show us the way we try to escape an unsatisfying present through speculative fictions about how our suffering will eventually be redeemed through requited love or satisfying work or, failing those, God’s mercy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2022

But there's a parallel thread of romance... a story of unrequited love that slowly became very requited indeed.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2022

In high school, when I experienced crushes on my male classmates, I believed that the only way those feelings could be requited was if I altered my body.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2022

I’m sure I said it would be O.K., although all I remember as I ran down the hill was thinking: Oh, I’m in love, I’m in love, and I think it’s requited!

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz