amorous

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024

Her breakthrough role was as the amorous mermaid in the title of the 1948 hit comedy “Miranda.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

This becomes the focus of the rom-com with no rom, which replaces the notion of an amorous happily ever after with self-empowerment, never betraying its tagline: "She's everything. He's just Ken."

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2023

But it’s telling that Leon, obtusely obsessed with his disastrous book, can’t fully embrace the amorous potential of his surroundings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

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