intimate

It's delicate and gorgeous and strangely intimate in a room of 20,000 people.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

An ode to the ecstasy of Scrabble: Do you love hearing someone talk about something they’re really passionate about and know very well, in great intimate detail?

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Yes, the scene is intimate, but the nature of the show requires it to also be horrifying and comedic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

But his death was an intimate injury to his loved ones first and foremost.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

The fraternity of Marine fighter pilots was small, intimate, and exceedingly close.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Although called a “Pietà,” it was not a depiction of Christ mourned by his intimates, but rather a “Man of Sorrows”—the dead Savior, half-length, with youthful angels—a timeless image designed for contemplation and meditation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Eventually, technology allows these distant intimates to share a frame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025

These are intentionally not the Kennedy family’s stories or takes from their intimates, but the people who had enough of a professional closeness to be at hand when the assassination happened.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2023

“There is something in a landscape like that which humbles you and intimates to you that there’s something very big out there, and this thing has an awful lot of power,” says Lindahl.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 13, 2023

In Bengali the word for pet name is daknam, meaning, literally, the name by which one is called, by friends, family, and other intimates, at home and in other private, unguarded moments.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

It is easy to see why Newcastle do not want to lose their talisman after he intimated he wished to join Arsenal.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

During discussions aimed at checking the financial conditions of a deal for Guimaraes, it is understood a fee of around £60m was initially intimated with the 28-year-old's representatives.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

He looks like a walking ad for the designer Todd Snyder, and it’s also intimated that he’s bisexual.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

The local police union meanwhile intimated that Smith’s Dec. 8 resignation was timed to duck further questioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

Diana intimated that this would be a different parting from any they had ever yet known.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The message is disturbing, intimating that the two men were very close, had a lot in common and shared “a wonderful secret” about how “enigmas never age.”

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025

The chair indicates “throne,” the austere clock adds a symbolic note of sober timeliness, as well as intimating life’s inevitable transience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

"It's right that we take our time to wait for the report," she said, intimating that she would not be voting for the amendment.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

Gay referred to the Jets’ run game, intimating New York isn’t looking to throw the ball much while its current quarterback struggles mightily.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

He was intimating that physics at Berkeley might have to continue without Robert Oppenheimer.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik