intimacy

Example Sentences

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“The Price,” directed by Elina de Santos, thrives in the intimacy of Pacific Resident Theatre’s main stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 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

Closely cropped and dramatically lighted, the tight composition gives the familiar scene a new immediacy and intimacy, leavened by the playful interaction of the Christ child and St. John.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

I tried to curl myself around Rose's back, but the intimacy was further broken by RiRi’s feet thrown backwards over Rose’s knees so that they jabbed into my legs like rounded icicles.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline