intimate
Example Sentences
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Casual conversation with colleagues, or a failure to share intimate personal items like photos to build trust with victims, resulted in similar punishment.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
The veteran comedians created an intimate experience despite the enormous venue, drawing the crowd together through storytelling and humor from start to finish.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
At times, it almost feels too intimate, as if there’s a familiarity between filmmaker and subject that’s so innately present throughout filming that Coppola forgets not every viewer will come equipped with the same knowledge.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
Then, in the middle eight, he offers an intimate reflection on the beginnings of the Beatles, at his childhood home in Liverpool.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
However, like the social instincts of chimps, those of humans were adapted only for small intimate groups.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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