courtship
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In my experience, when a person molds their life to please a potential partner early in the courtship, it can mean they don’t have a strong sense of self.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
"The courtship also includes singing to the female," he told me.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Casual drinks were one thing, but courtship outside my ZIP Code seemed like a waste of time as I’d always dated with a specific ending in mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Love Story" drummed up controversy -- and viewers -- with its revisiting of the A-list couple's courtship and untimely deaths, but it only earned six nominations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
In his private life, Garfield finally married Lucretia Rudolph in November 1858, after several years of courtship.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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
“In truth,” said Mowbray, sadly, “my courtships have been all too brief, and threaten to end in aught save laughter.”
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
