love affair

noun

: a romantic attachment or episode between lovers

: a lively enthusiasm

America's love affair with baseball

Examples of love affair in a Sentence

the tabloids feel obliged to keep us informed of the love affairs of celebrities, whether we care to know or not a group of young men united by their love affair with the muscle car

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Fashion is having a love affair with Jean-Michel Basquiat. —

Andrea Bossi, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024 People really respond to that boy/girl love affair thing and that was sort of unintentional. —

Josh Weiss, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 In a new study, scientists pinpoint the origins of our long love affair with starch, offering the first hereditary evidence for early carb-laden diets. —

Meghan Pryce, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024 And her attempts at a pseudo love affair with Matt Damon’s sympathetic Allied officer always feels more theoretical than palpable. —

Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for love affair