How to Use Cupid in a Sentence

Cupid

noun
  • Does the Lucifer star have any plans with his wife for Cupid’s special day?
    Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The below footage of him doing The Cupid Shuffle at a 2018 recruiting event still lives rent free in our heads.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2023
  • From Erykah Badu's lips to Cupid's ears, anything is possible.
    USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
  • Instead of a mad dash to the store after work, plan ahead with these delicious confections that even Aphrodite and Cupid are sure to approve of.
    Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2024
  • With Valentine’s Day in sight, many are hoping to be struck with one of Cupid’s magical arrows and find their perfect match.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
  • The dress was edged with arrows from Cupid’s bow, and covered with pink peony illustrations and dripping petals.
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
  • Rather than just hemming the philtrum, surgeons can finesse the peaks of the Cupid’s bow or roll out the upper lip to reveal more of the red vermilion and allow a sliver of the incisors to show when the lips are slightly parted.
    Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023
  • The technology has been discovered, at a place called the Love Institute, for couples to determine whether Cupid’s aim is true.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Appearing as an often chubby baby but holding a deadly weapon, the bow and arrow, Cupid was the child of Venus, the goddess of love, and Mars, the god of war, representing the conflict of desire, Christensen wrote.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
  • Findings have included some extremely rare items, from a rare Roman-era Cupid figurine to a variety of pottery, jewelry, and brooches.
    Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
  • After a year of moseying around each other, divine intervention skewered us better than Cupid’s arrow, and we were brought together.
    Jillian Salas, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
  • Love lives and courtship appear to be the central focus of the update, which also adds a simulation within a simulation as players’ Sims can create their own dating profiles on the imaginary in-game app, Cupid’s Corner, to match with other Sims.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2024
  • There are myriad, memorable ways to spend time together, from the adrenaline thrills of indoor skydiving and spectacular hikes to sunset cruises, caviar tastings and even a chance to emulate Cupid.
    Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The organization orchestrates a Cupid Crew initiative, powered by volunteers, which gathers Valentine's Day cards on a national scale.
    Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2024

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