courtship

A study released in February found it was affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to their ability to find food and avoid predators.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

In my experience, when a person molds their life to please a potential partner early in the courtship, it can mean they don’t have a strong sense of self.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

By the time Harvard’s courtship of Zimmer picked up, Gay was out and Garber and Manning, both Jewish, sat in the university’s topmost posts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Scientists have managed to compare the fine detail of the brains of male and female flies for the first time, identifying differences they say explain male aggression, courtship and their singing of love songs.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

In the meantime Root too would have to become involved in the courtship.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

There are hints about the courtships between Jane and Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, but the audience stays with Mary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

Edward Rogers took an active part in the Blue Jays’ courtships of free agents Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto in recent winters, the people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Their courtships with Smith move quickly, to the point that Tracy's daughter Kayla became suspicious at how fast her mother was falling for this man who still felt like a stranger.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2020

Also gone was the picturesque subject matter: the street landscapes and polite courtships, the elderly couples and fumbling suitors and office workers trapped in suburban patterns, intruded upon by surrealism, like figures in Magritte paintings.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2018

Romantic courtships and marriages between Wyandot maidens and white settlers were not infrequent.

From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Carrie de Voe