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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Inside, storylines followed a formula with frequently dire consequences for the twisted woman who dared indulge in, by today’s standards, some pretty tame lovemaking.
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Trish Bendix
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
No, thank you, to this mentally ill request for lovemaking.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
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
The only real originality in the accounts of Jesus’ virgin birth is their distinctly Jewish and prudish tone, with the impregnation dignified and at arm’s length rather than represented, as in the Hellenistic myths, as a shower of gold or the lovemaking of an amorous swan.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Trish Bendix
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
No, thank you, to this mentally ill request for lovemaking.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
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
The only real originality in the accounts of Jesus’ virgin birth is their distinctly Jewish and prudish tone, with the impregnation dignified and at arm’s length rather than represented, as in the Hellenistic myths, as a shower of gold or the lovemaking of an amorous swan.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Lovemaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lovemaking. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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