How to Use courtship in a Sentence

courtship

noun

• The male of the species often displays aggression during courtship.
• They had a two-year courtship before marrying.
• At the height of the pandemic, courtship took on new forms—or stopped entirely.
  — Anne Marie Chaker, WSJ, 22 June 2021
• Hardaway’s courtship of Brown isn’t the first time he has been connected to Memphis.
  — Jason Munz, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2021
• The birds want the best chances for successful courtship, nesting, hatching, feeding, fledging.
  — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
• The sheepish twilight courtship of gentlemen insisting on paying the bus fare of pretty grannies.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
• After so much buildup to their eventual courtship, its quick dissolution in the matter of a few episodes is disappointing.
  — Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
• Eigner's courtship of Randolph started with a supportive text and an open invitation to join the Cadets staff.
  — David La Vaque, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
• Getting to this point in the aquarium courtship has been a delicate one for Fair Park First management.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 4 June 2021
• The play’s plot centers on a famously abrasive, but comic and ultimately harmonious, courtship.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
• Peter and Tina Andrew met in South Africa in the early 1990s, had a short courtship and got married.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2021
• Ferguson’s own royal suitor was no Lord Rufus; no one has ever claimed that her and Andrew’s courtship was anything but a true love story.
  — Misan Harriman, Town & Country, 26 July 2021
• From the very beginning of Ellie Monahan and Mark Dobrosky’s courtship, themed parties have played a pivotal role.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 14 July 2021
• One of my favorite aspects of the Parton/Dean courtship is how Dean has remained essentially invisible...
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 July 2021
• The Padres and Melvin were able to keep their courtship under the radar.
  — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 1 Nov. 2021
• Still, most of the small council approves of the courtship.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• The pair's first dates started in 2023, and the courtship is off to a strong start so far.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
• Here, the Lopezes talk about the show’s 17-year journey from stage to screen and how their own courtship in the ’90s inspired them.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
• Head here for the full story of the courtship (and her talent as a BP pitcher).
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2024
• The courtship and nesting are a wildlife wonder, and the grebe chicks are certainly at the top of the cute chart.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2021
• Much more is set to take place amidst the backdrop of Rhaenyra and Laenor’s goofy little courtship dance.
  — ELLE, 19 Sep. 2022
• Since birds can’t swipe, the researchers looked for clues of courtship: Some fed each other.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
• McVey's parts will largely center around the courtship of Kate.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2022
• What will the third Bridgerton courtship story be about?
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 28 Mar. 2022
• That’s how serious the Beavers are in their courtship of the dynamic guard.
  — oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2021
• Shirine Babb is a strong-willed Mary Hatch, and her courtship with George is treated as a bonding of equals.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2021
• Is there any update in the courtship of Addison Rae’s mom?
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2022
• Males fly together in courtship flights and preen and display for the females.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2023
• None of Trump’s romances have lasted longer than his courtship of New York.
  — Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2023
• Those talks didn’t make as much noise as Skydance’s courtship of Paramount Global.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024