foreplay

Example Sentences

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No foreplay of nuanced chitchat here, just a relentless barrage of aspersions, which led me to the thought: Do I really believe these people sneering their way through this evening?

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020

To be clear, nothing in this movie makes any kind of emotional sense; there is zero narrative foreplay.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2017

A main character dies, and after 16 hours of foreplay The Walking Dead has the arrogance to not even show the audience who it was.

From The Verge • Apr. 4, 2016

More and more, it seems eureka is foreplay for your IPO.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 2, 2014

I've seen no figures but the reduction of foreplay at the scrum – elbowing the "pause" instruction into touch – feels as though it's resulting in five minutes less scrummaging and more play.

From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2012