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 woodcock's courtship display is another sensation.
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ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Their brief courtship echoes across the novel, the story marked by the memory of a love barely begun.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Organisms detected one another through molecules long before visual displays or acoustic courtship signals evolved.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
That includes host plants for caterpillars, mature trees, animal garden, dead trees or other areas where wildlife can engage in courtship behavior, mate and then bear and raise their young.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Their brief courtship echoes across the novel, the story marked by the memory of a love barely begun.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Organisms detected one another through molecules long before visual displays or acoustic courtship signals evolved.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
That includes host plants for caterpillars, mature trees, animal garden, dead trees or other areas where wildlife can engage in courtship behavior, mate and then bear and raise their young.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for courtship
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtship. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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courtship
noun
court·ship
-ˌship 
: the act or process of courting
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