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
“The first is “The Longest Way Home,” where I was trying to come to terms with getting married again, where I was asking, how do you maintain intimacy and preserve your inherent solitude?
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
She thought of his other girlfriends, the false intimacy that amounted to lies.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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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