intimacy

Example Sentences

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"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

Decades later he says the “brats” share an 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

He offered both Fanning and Smith the opportunity to work with an intimacy coordinator, but neither felt it was necessary.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

That was the last moment of intimacy he and his father had shared.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier