love affair
noun
1
: a romantic attachment or episode between lovers
2
: 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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Maybe the closest most of us ever get to an absence of loneliness is at the start of a love affair, when both people are hungry to know and be known.
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Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
More importantly, the full moon in Capricorn on July 10 will ignite your fifth house of love, passion and self-expression, bringing romantic feelings to the forefront, if not a love affair full circle.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 July 2025
This a novel in the form of an MFA thesis, written to expose a revolving door of love affairs of the professors who are reading it, not to mention the graduate student who wrote it.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Meanwhile, a secret love affair might be percolating!
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 12 June 2025
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Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
More importantly, the full moon in Capricorn on July 10 will ignite your fifth house of love, passion and self-expression, bringing romantic feelings to the forefront, if not a love affair full circle.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 July 2025
This a novel in the form of an MFA thesis, written to expose a revolving door of love affairs of the professors who are reading it, not to mention the graduate student who wrote it.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Meanwhile, a secret love affair might be percolating!
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for love affair
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“Love affair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love%20affair. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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