romancer

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Those moments didn’t really work dramatically, either, since his Giovanni isn’t zesty, but rather pretty serene and matter-of-fact, mostly sober but a little wry, temperamentally gray — if still a practiced, persuasive romancer.

From New York Times • May 7, 2023

A serial romancer, Mr. Bacharach was married four times — including once to the glamorous actress Angie Dickinson.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023

Most famously of late, Hawthorne psychedelic pop romancer Cuco, 20, turned the 2017 viral success born of his cover of Santo & Johnny Farina’s 1959 instrumental “Sleepwalk” into a seven-figure deal with Universal Music.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2019

The Fault in Our Stars, the cancer romancer based on John Green’s best-seller, earned $12.6 million, tumbling 51.6% from its first-day gross.

From Time • Jun. 8, 2014

Thereafter Melville was often at the little red house, where the children knew him as "Mr. Omoo," and less often Hawthorne came to chat with the racy romancer and philosopher by the great chimney.

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)