canoodle

In one clever bit of staging, Hamlet tarries in the forefront as the king and queen canoodle in back and guards race by mid-stage between them, fresh from sighting the former king’s ghost.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

We’ll still see the Tramp and his Lady canoodle, But they’ll kiss at the end of a gluten-free zoodle.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2018

So couples canoodle without shame in parks, and tacos, tortas and quesadillas are eaten standing up on the side of a street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2018

Anyone who has endured watching couples shamelessly canoodle on Facebook or Twitter should be relieved.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2013

As they canoodle, Jef tells Emily that he dumped the last girl he brought he home because his parents didn’t like her.

From Time ● Jun. 26, 2012

Shawn’s Final Date: The happy couple canoodles in a winery, and Shawn casually asks her, “What else is going on?”

From Time ● Jul. 28, 2015

It is hard to come across as a pesky underdog when your top wide receiver canoodles with Kardashians and your stadium scoreboard showers fans with sapphires after every touchdown.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2010

But eagle-eyed viewers also spotted an on-board photographer capturing the moment the couple canoodled on the deck of their yacht.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2021

And Spicer, a man no self-respecting person would want to be in a same room with, was canoodled by celebrities for the rest of the night.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2017

A couple in their early 20s, in matching his-and-hers fedoras, canoodled on stools pulled close together.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2016

At the cuddle party, I had canoodled with panache, but had I dominated?

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2010

On a recent hot afternoon, couples canoodled in the shade of a park in front of the colonial town hall.

From Washington Post

AI-generated videos and images of Rana and Hajdini on dinner dates and canoodling in an office have circulated on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

A fan in the audience proposed to her shortly after photos of her and Trudeau canoodling on a yacht surfaced.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025

It was Friday evening, and the best-connected players were canoodling in Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium for the first presidential inauguration Crypto Ball, a special evening co-sponsored by the nonprofit corporate alliance Stand With Crypto.

From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2025

In the weeks since, on-location paparazzi shots have shown Aidan and Carrie engaged in various forms of PDA: at brunch with the girls, flirtatiously wandering the aisles of a kitchen store, canoodling outside her brownstone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

I didn’t care if she’d spent all day canoodling with him; I didn’t care if she’d left because she was furious with me.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler