infatuation

Example Sentences

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A not-so-closeted homosexual, he also waxes lyrical about his infatuation with a young Yale student, played by a bottle-blonde Margaret Qualley, and shares drinks with "Charlotte's Web" author E.B.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The fetishized infatuation with “Heated Rivalry” doesn’t just stop at the characters; it’s now extending to the actors as well.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026

Qian wrote poems about social responsibility, with lines such as: "We must love the elderly with the infatuation of a first romance."

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

It was only when I started writing and speaking about the joys of my AI coach that I began to see how my AI infatuation had affected my human relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Classical music’s infatuation with mining the riches of the distant past only reinforced the popular impression that it was backward- rather than forward-looking.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall