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
Recent Examples on the Web
After a transatlantic courtship, the couple announced their engagement in March 2001 and married in February 2002.
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Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
The series so effectively establishes this dynamic in the present that an episode devoted largely to tracing Reena’s roots, from her grandparents’ arrival in British Columbia to her parents’ courtship, feels redundant.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Yet most of those efforts, frankly, are flops—ineffective, impractical, even bizarre ways to force romance to unfold in a manner that isn’t natural to modern courtship.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024
Friday, March 8 Woodcock walk, 6:30 p.m. at Zionsville Nature Center: An evening walk to search for one of nature’s most amazing courtship displays.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2024
Highly steeped in conventional courtship, the show offers up traditional gender roles, vaguely Christian themes and an unwavering argument that successful love stories end with a man down on one knee.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
All of this would seem to have allowed for plenty of courtship time before the pressures of fame added a third wheel to the relationship.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
The Duchess of Sussex ran the site while starring on Suits and shuttered the lifestyle site dedicated to food, travel, fashion and personal reflections in 2017 during her courtship with Prince Harry.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
The relationship is reminiscent of the now-defunct courtship between Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles, whose 10-year age gap similarly caused a commotion.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
The series so effectively establishes this dynamic in the present that an episode devoted largely to tracing Reena’s roots, from her grandparents’ arrival in British Columbia to her parents’ courtship, feels redundant.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Yet most of those efforts, frankly, are flops—ineffective, impractical, even bizarre ways to force romance to unfold in a manner that isn’t natural to modern courtship.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024
Friday, March 8 Woodcock walk, 6:30 p.m. at Zionsville Nature Center: An evening walk to search for one of nature’s most amazing courtship displays.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2024
Highly steeped in conventional courtship, the show offers up traditional gender roles, vaguely Christian themes and an unwavering argument that successful love stories end with a man down on one knee.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
All of this would seem to have allowed for plenty of courtship time before the pressures of fame added a third wheel to the relationship.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
The Duchess of Sussex ran the site while starring on Suits and shuttered the lifestyle site dedicated to food, travel, fashion and personal reflections in 2017 during her courtship with Prince Harry.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
The relationship is reminiscent of the now-defunct courtship between Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles, whose 10-year age gap similarly caused a commotion.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtship. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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courtship
noun
court·ship
-ˌship 
: the act or process of courting
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