Definition of PARAMOUR

Examples of paramour in a Sentence

And faster than you can say "You've got mail!" he fell hard for his unseen paramour. — Kipp Cheng, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 1998 His Vietnamese paramour was a young woman of remarkable beauty. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 1988 As the vessel made sail immediately, and landed no part of their cargo, there seemed little doubt that they were accomplices of the notorious Robertson, and that the vessel had only come into the firth to carry off his paramour. — Walter Scott, The Heart of Midlothian, 1818

Recent Examples on the Web

But what would happen if, instead of your crushes living out their inevitably short-lived life cycle, all of your would-be paramours discovered your infatuation? — refinery29.com, "Netflix Just Announced Another Teen Rom-Com — & It May Be Its Best Yet," 21 June 2018 That exoneration, that change in language, actually appears to be the insurance policy that Peter Strzok was talking about with Lisa Page, his paramour, in those text messages. — Fox News, "Questions remain after Wray and Horowitz testify," 19 June 2018 Potomac Watch Podcast Potomac Watch Podcast One initial batch of documents contained an Oct. 11, 2016 text message from FBI official Peter Strzok to his FBI paramour Lisa Page. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "The FBI’s Document Blackouts," 13 June 2018 When the paramours earn their living by faking emotion, getting down to the real deal can take some time. — Sarah Dunn, New York Times, "Two Novels on the Complexities of Revisiting Past Loves," 1 June 2018 The official trailer for Creed II’s dropped this morning, featuring shots of the Philadelphia skyline and Laurel Hill Cemetery (where Rocky paramour Adrian is buried). — Claire Wolters, Philly.com, "Watch: First trailer for 'Creed II' released," 20 June 2018 Personalized attacks, NDAs, threats and money may work for small jobs like disposing of business partners or quieting chatty paramours. — Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, "Trump vs. Mueller: Is the American Legal System Any Match for the President?," 8 Mar. 2018 Her paramour is hard as nails (his definition of mercy is handing a man a gun with a single bullet before locking him in a train compartment and setting it loose from the main locomotive). — refinery29.com, "Westworld Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: "Hello, Old Friend"," 28 May 2018 She and her paramour and boating partner (Sam Claflin) get caught in a hurricane and face long odds navigating to safety after the ensuing injuries and damage. — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, "Summer 2018 Movie Release Schedule," 4 May 2018

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