making love
Example Sentences
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A feature debut by veteran English theater director Polly Findlay, “Midwinter Break” trains a microscope on the hidden cracks in a comfortable and even passionate relationship; Gerry and Stella still enjoy making love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
In Turkey, Poland and elsewhere, democratic activists and politicians have turned back tyranny by making love a central part of their strategies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
Mouginot, a biological anthropologist at Boston University, hadn’t expected such behavior from bonobos, which, unlike chimps, have a reputation for making love, not war.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 12, 2024
Such services have apparently become so successful at making love connections that even otters are getting set up online.
From Fox News ● Dec. 9, 2020
"Ah," said I to myself, as the evening closed without his having addressed a single remark directly to Emily, "if you are making love, you have considerably changed your tactics during your absence."
From Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife by Leslie, Madeline
