paramour

Example Sentences

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Paul, an undergraduate layabout and scrappy bartender at the only gay club in Iowa City, changes his body and his gender at will as he pursues paramours of every imaginable type.

From New York Times

But unlike the other key women in Picasso’s life — wives or paramours — Gilot eventually walked out.

From Los Angeles Times

As Charles’ longtime paramour, she was for many years a reviled figure after the breakdown of Charles’ first marriage, to Diana, Princess of Wales, who was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997.

From Los Angeles Times

Of the ingredients that define the romantic comedy, none is more rewarded — by audiences or potential paramours — than the grand gesture.

From Los Angeles Times

SZA’s confessional, unabashed lyrics provide for plenty of ebb and flow: messy with insecurities and contradictions, SZA and her paramours — rappers, athletes, heartthrobs, losers — are all a little toxic and prepared for mutually assured destruction.

From Washington Post