Examples of courtship in a Sentence
They had a two-year courtship before marrying.
The male of the species often displays aggression during courtship.
the President's courtship of middle-class voters
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When Eric fully embraces his powers and begins to slaughter those who wronged him, some of the kills are admirably gross, but many feel especially gratuitous, carried out at the expense of the tenderness and fragility of his courtship of Shelly.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
Those talks didn’t make as much noise as Skydance’s courtship of Paramount Global.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 July 2024
While the Ten Commandments are important pieces of Jewish and Christian teachings and compatible with Islam, the play in Louisiana—and elsewhere, to be clear—have clear linkages to the current Republican Party’s courtship of Christian conservatives, especially white Christian nationalists.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 20 June 2024
Painshill Park Location: Surrey, England The 18th-century landscaped garden has been the site of many afternoon park scenes in Bridgerton, including moments involving Daphne and Simon)’s courtship on the Five Arch Bridge in season 1.
—Kayla Keegan, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
Those talks didn’t make as much noise as Skydance’s courtship of Paramount Global.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 July 2024
While the Ten Commandments are important pieces of Jewish and Christian teachings and compatible with Islam, the play in Louisiana—and elsewhere, to be clear—have clear linkages to the current Republican Party’s courtship of Christian conservatives, especially white Christian nationalists.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 20 June 2024
Painshill Park Location: Surrey, England The 18th-century landscaped garden has been the site of many afternoon park scenes in Bridgerton, including moments involving Daphne and Simon)’s courtship on the Five Arch Bridge in season 1.
—Kayla Keegan, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtship. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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courtship
noun
court·ship
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: the act or process of courting
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