amorous

Example Sentences

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Daryl and Carol share a different bond, something more than family but not quite amorous.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2024

Classic Hollywood directors like David Lean and Douglas Sirk knew the amorous potentiality contained in the human face, harnessing its elastic electricity to illuminate soaring embraces and aching breakups.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

The results do not just overturn previous theories about amorous and peaceful meetings between groups of people.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024

Her poignant voice transcends genre, and the wistful study of love — familial, platonic, amorous — underlies the heart of all her stories.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Turkeys seem to be manic-depressive types, gobbling with blushing wattles, spread tails, and scraping wings in amorous bravado at one moment and huddled in craven cowardice the next.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck