loveless

Example Sentences

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What used to be an alliance of kindred souls is viewed by both sides today as a marriage of convenience, loveless and lacking basic trust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

"They've got this loveless landslide, they don't require a relatively small share of the vote with this huge majority they've got, so maybe they think they've a vested interest."

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

At first, the song is one big eye-roll: Just shut up and admit the truth, Chappell insists, before you get trapped in a loveless, heterosexual marriage of convenience.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

Celebrities have remained in loveless, business-driven marriages since the concept of royalty was invented.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2023

The message of the book is that the Iks have transformed themselves into an irreversibly disagreeable collection of unattached, brutish creatures, totally selfish and loveless, in response to the dismantling of their traditional culture.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas