intimacy

Example Sentences

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England’s coach, Thomas Tuchel, said in March that the team liked the city’s intimacy and players plan to spend their downtime there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"It's awful and you feel naked and open to attack because you worry about being rejected and maybe sometimes that will happen but when it doesn't that's where intimacy and close relationships start to grow."

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Whether it’s Eddie, a friend McCarthy met in high school who resides in Alto, Texas, or Larry, a buddy in Austin, honesty and confession form the bedrock of true male intimacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

His love for his new fiancée—he only recently ended his fraught marriage to the actress Patricia Neal, having begun his liaison with Liccy well before its dissolution—comes through in moments of quick, quiet intimacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Emma’s confusion, and the acknowledged intimacy, seemed to declare her affection engaged.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen