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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The name referred to his daily gift to Dee during their courtship.
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 22 May 2025
Early in our courtship, Yassir spoke romantically of New York’s late-night diners and constant goings-on.
—Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Everyone had a lot of trouble buying their courtship, given that both of them had been pursuing other people in the pods.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 5 May 2025
These disorders are subdivided into courtship disorders, which resemble distorted components of human courtship behavior (voyeuristic disorder, exhibitionistic disorder, and frotteuristic disorder), and algolagnic disorders, which involve pain and suffering.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 22 May 2025
Early in our courtship, Yassir spoke romantically of New York’s late-night diners and constant goings-on.
—Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Everyone had a lot of trouble buying their courtship, given that both of them had been pursuing other people in the pods.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 5 May 2025
These disorders are subdivided into courtship disorders, which resemble distorted components of human courtship behavior (voyeuristic disorder, exhibitionistic disorder, and frotteuristic disorder), and algolagnic disorders, which involve pain and suffering.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtship. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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courtship
noun
court·ship
-ˌship 
: the act or process of courting
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