unromantic
Example Sentences
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“At first I laughed because it felt so unromantic compared to chocolates or roses,” Priy said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
To ensure that they were comparing the same behaviour across different species, the researchers had to give a very precise - rather unromantic - definition to a "kiss".
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
We had originally planned for Canyonlands rather than Dead Horse Point — not because of the unromantic name but because we’d never heard of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
They don't want to sign a prenup because it seems unromantic or pessimistic, like you're already thinking about the relationship ending.
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2024
Sharp stars pierced singly through the blackness, not sweeps of them or clusters or Milky Ways as there might have been in the South, but single, chilled points of light, as unromantic as knife blades.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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