courtship
Example Sentences
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"I have been given a third contact and we have started courtship," said Suleiman.
From Barron's
After a courtship that unfurled in fits and starts, they married in 1996.
From Salon
The growth, fans say, reflects a reality about many college kids: They’re intimidated by real-life courtship and overwhelmed by the endless scroll of dating apps.
The message came with a photo of Donaldson carrying his bride under an arched walkway, plus a few pics from along their happy courtship.
From Los Angeles Times
In these verses, Hardy returns to their courtship in Cornwall, their later estrangement and Emma’s solitary last drive when “you passed the spot / Where eight days later you were to lie.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.