romantic encounter
noun
: a brief romantic relationship
They had a romantic encounter several years ago.
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Authorities say that Ladwig invited Grimsley to her home for a romantic encounter and that things got violent during their interaction.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Shear can find the punchline in a half-empty box of Yoo-hoo, collected on the way out of a disappointing romantic encounter, or the comic tension in a glass of rice pudding going untouched on a table during an awkward conversation.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Brown followed up on that claim by asserting that Nick Cannon had a romantic encounter with Kevin Hart.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 3 Dec. 2024
As an example, Labrada cited Moore’s handling of a romantic encounter involving Silva and Villegas, bringing to light an episode that years later remains a topic of fascination and controversy around police headquarters.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
For example, in 2010, Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi, who was out as gay only to close family and friends, died by suicide after his roomate secretly recorded him having a romantic encounter with a man.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
As the moon and change maker Uranus harmonize, a surprise romantic encounter delivers inspiration and excitement.
—USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Alternatively, you might be randomly assigned to read an account of a romantic encounter and asked to imagine being on vacation and meeting an attractive person, then spending a romantic day with the partner that ends with a passionate kiss.
—Adam B. Cohen, Scientific American, 1 July 2018
The pair met on the set of the 2013 film Kill Your Darlings, in which Radcliffe portrayed famed poet Allen Ginsberg, while Darke played a woman who shares a romantic encounter with him.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2023
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Shear can find the punchline in a half-empty box of Yoo-hoo, collected on the way out of a disappointing romantic encounter, or the comic tension in a glass of rice pudding going untouched on a table during an awkward conversation.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Brown followed up on that claim by asserting that Nick Cannon had a romantic encounter with Kevin Hart.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 3 Dec. 2024
As an example, Labrada cited Moore’s handling of a romantic encounter involving Silva and Villegas, bringing to light an episode that years later remains a topic of fascination and controversy around police headquarters.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
For example, in 2010, Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi, who was out as gay only to close family and friends, died by suicide after his roomate secretly recorded him having a romantic encounter with a man.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
As the moon and change maker Uranus harmonize, a surprise romantic encounter delivers inspiration and excitement.
—USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Alternatively, you might be randomly assigned to read an account of a romantic encounter and asked to imagine being on vacation and meeting an attractive person, then spending a romantic day with the partner that ends with a passionate kiss.
—Adam B. Cohen, Scientific American, 1 July 2018
The pair met on the set of the 2013 film Kill Your Darlings, in which Radcliffe portrayed famed poet Allen Ginsberg, while Darke played a woman who shares a romantic encounter with him.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2023
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“Romantic encounter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/romantic%20encounter. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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