intimacy
Example Sentences
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Her words accrue and gain power through their spareness and clarity, and a level of character development that forges an easy intimacy with the reader.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
“There’s an intimacy to it,” she says of her work in rural areas.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
"If broadcasters are going to make programmes centred on intimacy, they have to equally centre safeguarding and care," she said.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
"The bubble of the show assumes that there will be, kind of intimacy," she added, "and that is a dangerous situation."
From BBC • May 18, 2026
She was, after all, perched on his brow all this while—until tonight, and this new experience of his back—and there was a strange intimacy in that.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing intimacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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