Examples of lovemaking in a Sentence
does not allow her young daughter to watch any films in which lovemaking is shown, however discreetly
a series of Rococo paintings in which the lovemaking of French aristocrats is depicted with erotic playfulness
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The scene — shot long before the days of intimacy coordinators — goes on for quite some time, and features both actors in the nude (almost — there were modesty coverings out of view) being quite vigorous in their simulated lovemaking.
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The only real originality in the accounts of Jesus’ virgin birth is their distinctly Jewish and prudish tone, with the impregnation dignified and at arm’s length rather than represented, as in the Hellenistic myths, as a shower of gold or the lovemaking of an amorous swan.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Always sick, always breathless, his lovemaking constantly interrupted by his coughing or his guts.
—Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
For all of Labour’s lovemaking to the union bosses over the past few months, the strikes persist.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The only real originality in the accounts of Jesus’ virgin birth is their distinctly Jewish and prudish tone, with the impregnation dignified and at arm’s length rather than represented, as in the Hellenistic myths, as a shower of gold or the lovemaking of an amorous swan.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Always sick, always breathless, his lovemaking constantly interrupted by his coughing or his guts.
—Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
For all of Labour’s lovemaking to the union bosses over the past few months, the strikes persist.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for lovemaking
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“Lovemaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lovemaking. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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