canoodling

Example Sentences

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Behind the scenes, away from all of the media rantings and ravings, and the cheap thrill it gives to revive the passé term canoodling, it is surely traumatic and sad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

And although Depp has been caught canoodling with various love interests over the last several years, she has maintained that privacy is important to her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 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