be in love
idiom
: to love someone very much in a romantic way
After all these years, they're still very much in love (with each other).
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Rafi, the youngest, may be in love with his hot childhood best friend Ash, who is visiting from London for the season.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
According to both Conley and Adam’s friends, the two appeared to be in love.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
In all fairness to Shevchenko and Grasso, White didn’t appear to be in love with the action in the main event.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Instead, Emily left the envelopes for her brother, Austin, who wanted to write to Sue in secret, and who happened to be in love with her himself.
—Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
According to both Conley and Adam’s friends, the two appeared to be in love.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
In all fairness to Shevchenko and Grasso, White didn’t appear to be in love with the action in the main event.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Instead, Emily left the envelopes for her brother, Austin, who wanted to write to Sue in secret, and who happened to be in love with her himself.
—Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
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“Be in love.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20in%20love. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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