intimacy
Example Sentences
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"Those years when you're sort of experimenting with how you show up in person with another person, how you flirt, how you think about intimacy, that was interrupted for many people," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
His extensive reporting for “Checkmate,” including the cooperation of its principals, gives the book a page-turning intimacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“There’s an intimacy to it,” she says of her work in rural areas.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
"If broadcasters are going to make programmes centred on intimacy, they have to equally centre safeguarding and care," she said.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
But...his mind had touched her mind, and that seemed to him a deeper reality and even greater intimacy.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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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