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
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
The room smells of old cigarette smoke, old rubber, the worn intimacy of cloth too long against flesh.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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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