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.
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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
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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
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“Love affair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love%20affair. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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