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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Vivacious Peacock Spiders Peacock spiders have one of the most elaborate and flamboyant courtship rituals of any arachnid.
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So quintessentially Canadian, their courtship peaked with a canoe trip.
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Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Vivacious Peacock Spiders Peacock spiders have one of the most elaborate and flamboyant courtship rituals of any arachnid.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
So quintessentially Canadian, their courtship peaked with a canoe trip.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
The second part of season 4, which follows the scandalous courtship of Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) with a housemaid named Sophie (Yerin Ha), will consist of four episodes concluding the arc.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtship. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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courtship
noun
court·ship
-ˌship 
: the act or process of courting
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