canoodle

Example Sentences

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It wasn’t the Poconos’ fault people would rather backpack through Europe than canoodle in a heart-shaped hot tub in Pennsylvania.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

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

Couples canoodle seemingly everywhere — at taquerias and sidewalk cafes, near bus stops and on packed subway trains.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2019

A series of surreal illustrations features Adam and Eve feeding grapes to vegetarian dinosaurs while lions and cheetahs canoodle with an avaceratops.

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