swain
Example Sentences
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It is Elizabeth, not her equally eccentric and stubborn swain, who refuses to wed “because I can’t risk having my scientific contributions submerged beneath your name.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
Like a handsome but withholding swain, Elba draws us back to “Luther” time and again.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2019
Hopeful swain Melchor moves to L.A. to meet his online love, Magdalena, for the first time, only to fall in love with a mysterious masked woman — unaware that she is Magdalena in disguise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2018
Roushdi’s ardent swain comes on like a blast furnace in Act I, while Molina’s opening room-temperature narration doesn’t fire on all cylinders.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2017
She was probably avoiding a lovesick swain, not wealthy enough or ancient enough to suit her.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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