courtship

Researchers believe the hump may have played a role in courtship displays.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026

Instead, they survived the crash only to stumble, separately, upon Craigh na Dun, which transported them to the time, and general vicinity, of Jamie’s parents’ courtship.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

As King’s courtship of Coretta proceeded, in late summer 1952 he invited her to Atlanta to meet his family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

He remembered meeting her in late summer, in a whirlwind courtship that he described as a Hallmark movie.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

“This courtship is ill-fated. No good can come of it for you or me,” I said bitterly.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

There are hints about the courtships between Jane and Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, but the audience stays with Mary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

Edward Rogers took an active part in the Blue Jays’ courtships of free agents Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto in recent winters, the people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Their courtships with Smith move quickly, to the point that Tracy's daughter Kayla became suspicious at how fast her mother was falling for this man who still felt like a stranger.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2020

Also gone was the picturesque subject matter: the street landscapes and polite courtships, the elderly couples and fumbling suitors and office workers trapped in suburban patterns, intruded upon by surrealism, like figures in Magritte paintings.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2018

Now is the time for visiting, for sleighing excursions, for all intercourse of business and friendship, for balls in town, and dances in farm-houses, and courtships and marriages, and prayer-meetings and assignations of all sorts.

From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)