flirtation

Example Sentences

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A decade after Justin Timberlake stepped out from NSYNC, JB blatantly ripped JT’s “Like I Love You” for this heavy-breathing flirtation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Now that the flirtation with Warner is over, the shares are worth a look.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Jefferson carried on the flirtation following his emotional entanglement with Maria Cosway, a married artist and close friend of Angelica’s in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Corn in a dip is always a flirtation — sweet, juicy, a little showy.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

Though music’s flirtation with surrealism was short-lived - how can such an unreal art form ever really have had any relationship with surrealism? - one controversial aspect of Parade’s score had some coincidental forward momentum.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall