How to Use amorous in a Sentence

amorous

adjective
Definition of amorousnext
Synonyms for amorousnext
  • If that's the case, and this sort of text gets your heart racing in an amorous way, good on you.
    — Lodro Rinzler, Marie Claire, 3 Jan. 2014
  • Feel the jolt, a fish biting the line of first amorous interest.
    — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
  • So, my first trip to Europe would be in the role of daughter-in-law and not that of amorous young wife.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2017
  • The Art of Love, the Roman poet Ovid offers some words of advice to the amorous.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Cocaine Bear then cuts to an amorous pair of hikers in the woods below.
    — WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
  • John Patrick Shanley's tale of Irish farmers, one shy, one amorous.
    — Philly.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • During the dry season, the forest is a refuge for amorous elephants who come in from the plains nearby to breed.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The island’s fjords, which once resounded with the booming calls of amorous males, fell silent.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The hustling, athletic girl will forget the links and make sheep’s eyes at her amorous swain.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • An amorous guy could pop a balloon, inhale, and sound like Barry White.
    — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Markle isn’t the first to experience the amorous powers of roast chicken.
    — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 13 Apr. 2018
  • In the row in front of us, a woman became increasingly amorous with her date.
    — Mallory Ortberg, Slate Magazine, 12 Oct. 2017
  • For the next few weeks, romantic bonds are going to get extra amorous, so don’t be afraid to dial up the kink.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
  • Named for their slender, dangling legs, crane flies live life in an amorous whirlwind.
    — National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
  • Named for their slender, dangling legs, crane flies live life in an amorous whirlwind.
    — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
  • The two performed most of the complicated moves during the knockdown fight that turns amorous.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The secluded nature of the cavern may bring out an amorous nature.
    — Scott Craven, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2018
  • A flirtatious text message might give you some amorous ideas.
    — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The strange amorous antics of hoopoes—named for their distinctive whooping cry—have long been known to science.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 May 2021
  • Hoover and Cohn, who is wrapped in an American flag skirt and kicking up a high-heeled pump, are about to lip-lock in an amorous embrace.
    — Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
  • For amorous couples looking to take it up a notch, check into the erotic suite at the 9Hotel Montparnasse.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 15 June 2017
  • In a bizarre ritual, an amorous male hides on the underside of a leaf and thrusts the paddle high enough for a female on the other side of the leaf to see it.
    — National Geographic, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Two women, both ready for love and adventure; two men, amorous and single.
    — Cressida Connolly, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020
  • As the evening wore on, reporters witnessed Tarses and Reynolds go outside and become amorous.
    — Brooks Barnes New York Times, Star Tribune, 3 Feb. 2021
  • As the evening wore on, reporters witnessed Ms. Tarses and Mr. Reynolds go outside and become amorous.
    — New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
  • But when the reggaeton beat drops on this amorous single, that emotional heft strikes a new chord.
    — Alex Suskind, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • So Kiyonari’s teams set up infrared cameras in the lab to track their every amorous movement.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 23 July 2021
  • Some of the other canine guests were not as patient with their amorous intentions.
    — Diana Bruk, Town & Country, 14 Jan. 2016
  • Black drum fish tend to mate—and fill the sea with their amorous racket—on winter nights, which might explain the uptick in noise residents hear around this time of year.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • His second stint as the country’s prime minister is proving far less amorous.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN, 27 Jan. 2024

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