lovemaking

noun

love·​mak·​ing ˈləv-ˌmā-kiŋ How to pronounce lovemaking (audio)
1
: sexual activity
especially : copulation
2
lovemaker noun

Examples of lovemaking in a Sentence

does not allow her young daughter to watch any films in which lovemaking is shown, however discreetly a series of Rococo paintings in which the lovemaking of French aristocrats is depicted with erotic playfulness
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But nothing gets at the unabashed nature of Babygirl’s eroticism like that shot of Samuel tenderly cradling his lover like a child after having spent long hours holed up in a hotel room together indulging in lovemaking and games of dominance and submission. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 Early on, the director preferred portraying heterosexual lovemaking. Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025 The 118 arrives, interrupting the lovemaking and rescuing Archie, who is (physically) unscathed. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 The scene — shot long before the days of intimacy coordinators — goes on for quite some time, and features both actors in the nude (almost — there were modesty coverings out of view) being quite vigorous in their simulated lovemaking. Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lovemaking

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of lovemaking was in the 15th century

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“Lovemaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lovemaking. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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