courtship
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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
In courtship, for example, the male tracks the female as she moves.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Admission to this kingdom on the sea usually requires a long courtship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Except, in the midst of that project, McElwee’s focus shifts, delightfully, to his disastrous love life and the fascinating women he meets in his travels, becoming a deeply humane examination of modern courtship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Cheetahs usually refuse to carry out that elaborate courtship ritual inside a cage.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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
We watched, as if at a historic re-creation, the insistence on modest clothing and "gender appropriate" hairstyles, and the parent-controlled courtships of the elder children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2015
The idea of this piece was a contrast in courtships.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Henry A. Lytton
