How to Use romance in a Sentence

romance

1 of 2 noun

• Spears was blamed for the end of their romance in 2002.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• At the time, the couple had yet to confirm their romance.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 27 Jan. 2024
• Clearly, their love has stood the test of time, from teenage romance all the way to NFL stardom.
  — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 13 July 2024
• And her star has only risen since her younger son's romance with the biggest pop star in the world.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2024
• What followed for the next year and three months was a slow burn toward romance.
  — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 26 May 2023
• From that point on, the couple has been much less shy about their fledgling romance.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Nov. 2023
• The romance film is based on the best-selling novel written by Colleen Hoover.
  — Lexi Carson, Variety, 16 May 2024
• The Windsor Court Hotel is the perfect place for romance.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2023
• So, yes, your son is right on time for romance and connection.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• At least on television I would be swept off my feet in romance.
  — Maitland Ward, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
• The British pair have been linked since July of 2018, but have mostly kept their romance under wraps.
  — Glamour, 20 Nov. 2023
• Self-improvement is favored, and romance is on the rise.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
• Julia Fox is speaking out about her short romance with Kanye West.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• But the punchy pop anthem about a secret romance has been a sleeper hit in the making ever since.
  — Time, 16 June 2023
• Action, espionage and romance seem to do well for you guys.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 June 2023
• The romance between our very proper sleuths is not quite a slow burn – more a sedate simmer.
  — Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 May 2023
• The two had a romance on the set, and her influence inspired him to get more involved in politics.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 21 June 2024
• Our romance was unsteady, unmoored; as all of my friends put it, unhealthy.
  — Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
• The two don’t kiss or even embrace each other, but the show insinuates romance may be in store for them.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
• With the sun out at this time of year, there's no shortage of unscripted romance to heat up our television screens.
  — Rendy Jones, EW.com, 13 July 2024
• Tales range from drama to comedy, romance and even sci-fi.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 June 2024
• Their romance was confirmed a few months later when they were spied sharing a kiss in London.
  — Alex Kessler, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2023
• At a Michigan orchard, a woman tells her three daughters about a long-ago romance.
  — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• Olivia Rodrigo and Louis Partridge are taking their romance on the road!
  — Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
• Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson's romance was a slow burn.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• But Ashanti and Nelly's romance has long been something of a mystery.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
• But both are clear-eyed, not naive, about the perils and compromises of later-life romance.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
• The summer is the perfect time for a brand new romance, and according to the rumor mill, there may be a new 'ship brewing between two of our faves.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 10 July 2023
• That was the scandalous romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
• Their return is a little rocky as Diego wants to give his relationship with Lila another try — and then learns of her romance with Five.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024

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romance

2 of 2 verb

• They were romancing about the past.
• She was romanced by several wealthy young men.
• The museum's director spends a lot of time romancing potential donors.
• He was always romancing younger women.
• Ahead, look at all the ladies Powell has romanced over the years.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• Shiro is the less savory of the two, fond of romancing rich, bored women.
  — Alida Becker, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• And even though Corbett romances both stars’ on-screen alter-egos, Vardalos says there’s no tug of war.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
• And designers are often trying to romance us, and also talk to us in rational terms at the same breath.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 6 Dec. 2021
• The downside to modern courtship is that people want to push the fast-forward button from lust to love without romancing each other along the way.
  — Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• The saloon owner would romance the women and then kill them and mutilate their bodies, a 1981 story in the San Antonio Light said.
  — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Sep. 2021
• Stalin exiled Kapler to the Gulag for 10 years for having the audacity to romance his daughter.
  — Rosemary Sullivan, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
• One Japanese magician romanced an empty shirt that somehow wrapped her in its arms.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 11 Apr. 2023
• Like many of Anderson’s protagonists, Gustave is a reprobate of the first order, romancing old ladies for their fortunes and such.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 June 2023
• And could her motives for romancing Oliver possibly be pure?
  — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
• As a result, Godzilla acts more like King Kong, climbing buildings and romancing human women.
  — Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
• There, the Captain finds his place among the refugee community, romances an older woman (Sandra Oh) who preaches free love, and waits for sporadic communiqués from Hanoi.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• These edits frequently give creators a chance to romance their favorite characters, à la Wattpad fan fiction.
  — Lena Wilson, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
• Ella wants to go to the ball not to romance a royal but to potentially sell another dress — a goal thwarted by her stepmother (Idina Menzel).
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2021
• Their union lasted just eight months, and Dodi soon returned to his playboy ways, romancing high-profile actresses, models and celebrities.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
• There aren’t a lot of couples who can publicly romance each other on Instagram without inducing an eye roll, but Paulson and Taylor are the exception.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 May 2021
• Minor love complications, as Lulu falls for Gordy even though Gordy is romancing Maizy, are only as knotty as noodles.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• Redford also romances Katharine Ross' Etta, creating an iconic trio with Newman as tender third wheel.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• From A-list actors to big-time ballplayers, the globally renowned actress, singer and entertainer has famously romanced some of the world’s finest celebrity bachelors throughout her career.
  — Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
• Even after Kardashian, West continues making headlines for the women he's romanced.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• But the bombshells have been coming fast and furious since the backdoor pilot — focused on a Housewife’s ex-husband romancing a Sur waitress — and produced, in its early seasons, an almost Shakespearean amount of backstabbing.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• The collaborators, who were both single and friends before the experiment began, diligently — and earnestly — attempted to romance one another.
  — Tahneer Oksman, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2023
• Jünger spent his off hours visiting museums, browsing bookstalls, and romancing a Jewish pediatrician named Sophie Ravoux.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• They were romancing about the past.
• She was romanced by several wealthy young men.
• The museum's director spends a lot of time romancing potential donors.

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024