forbidden love
Example Sentences
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The TV adaptation of “Heated Rivalry,” the forbidden love story of two gay pro-hockey players, became a recent smash for HBO Max.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
We have the book to thank for so many tropes: forbidden love, friends-to-lovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Trespasses explores cross-community forbidden love, not across the barricades but across the bar.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Woven throughout the storyline of Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz’s forbidden love is the power struggle between a small pool of wealthy landowners and politicians and the people who serve them.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025
Then he says, “But that sounds like a song of forbidden love, Reina. That must mean there’s someone here you secretly love.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
