love affair

noun

1
: a romantic attachment or episode between lovers
2
: a lively enthusiasm
America's love affair with baseball

Examples of love affair in a Sentence

the tabloids feel obliged to keep us informed of the love affairs of celebrities, whether we care to know or not a group of young men united by their love affair with the muscle car
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That was enough to ignite a nearly two-year love affair. Paul Larosa, CBS News, 3 July 2025 Unlike most teen love affairs, the couple's relationship is complicated by the reality that Edward is secretly a centenarian vampire with a thirst for blood. Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 July 2025 The girls get drunk, run around barefoot, and have love affairs to a soundtrack of Chappell Roan and Lana Del Rey. Paulina Prosnitz, Air Mail, 28 June 2025 Spanning her 1968 debut, Song to a Seagull, through her performance at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, Joni’s Jazz traces Mitchell’s longstanding love affair with the titular genre. Walden Green, Pitchfork, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for love affair

Word History

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of love affair was in 1767

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“Love affair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love%20affair. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

love affair

noun
: a romantic relationship or incident between lovers
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