be intimate

Example Sentences

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Even worse than not wanting to be intimate with me, Cassandra didn’t want to go out to dinner with me either, because of my carb-watching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“Don’t stop the music for four days. Don’t overlight because the rave mood needs to be intimate at night — so we couldn’t put cinema lights. It would break the mood,” Ateca notes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

For all its communal pleasures, the cinematic experience can also be intimate and cerebral, a vivid dream — or nightmare — that sweeps you onto its emotional wavelength.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2021

At the legendary level, the game can still be intimate.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2021

They never are tempted to believe that public life can also be intimate.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez