How to Use foreplay in a Sentence

foreplay

noun

• And things get creepy and bloody from there after some foreplay.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025
• But foreplay doesn't have to be quite so paint-by-the-numbers.
  — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2019
• Ought this scene to be read as foreplay or foreboding?
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
• When my name was finally called, there was no foreplay.
  — Patricia Tortolani, Allure, 29 Jan. 2026
• And, as always, foreplay is important to get you in the mood.
  — Rosemary Donahue, Allure, 29 June 2017
• After the Hunt knows nothing about foreplay.
  — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
• One species in particular is known for its less than happy foreplay.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
• Sometimes the best form of foreplay is as simple as relaxing.
  — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2019
• Where’s the line between wrestling your boss over a keychain and actual foreplay?
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2021
• Dedicate more time to the warm up before the main event, and if foreplay isn't the issue, use lube.
  — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• So that got me to thinking about all the things lots of men don’t know, but could probably stand to learn, about foreplay.
  — Monique Judge, The Root, 12 Dec. 2017
• Again, start by thinking of sexting as a bit of virtual foreplay to the in-person fun.
  — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2018
• The act of choosing together is foreplay.
  — Alysia Reiner, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
• One thing that helps is engaging in enough foreplay to get adequately warmed up.
  — Isadora Baum, SELF, 5 Aug. 2020
• Where the first was hurried and fumbling, the couple take their time, prolonging the foreplay.
  — Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
• In all of the studies, duration was considered to start with foreplay and end with the male orgasm.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• This was hardly the only Coward comedy of its era to be used for foreplay.
  — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
• To be clear, nothing in this movie makes any kind of emotional sense; there is zero narrative foreplay.
  — Laura Bennett, Slate Magazine, 10 Feb. 2017
• Wear it during foreplay, the main event, or even out and about—the options are basically endless.
  — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 10 July 2024
• What instantly kills mood during foreplay?
  — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
• The squishy texture is fun to squeeze, and the broad sensations at the wider end of the toy are suitable for intimate foreplay.
  — Anna Miller, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
• Cue the lively, passionate debate, which might even border on outright head-butting as foreplay.
  — Maressa Brown, InStyle, 15 Feb. 2026
• Slow, mindful touch, foreplay, and focusing on building arousal can lead to more intense orgasms.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2024
• Trust us, these Valentine's Day lingerie looks are too good to only wear during foreplay.
  — Talia Abbas, SELF, 6 Feb. 2019
• And the undoing of the normative tropes of, like, Sex is this act that starts with foreplay and ends with the male climax!
  — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 14 May 2026
• In one scene, a wrestling match/foreplay ends with Ray lifting a shrieking Colin into the air with his feet.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
• Many people with vaginas need clitoral stimulation to come, whether that’s during foreplay or the main event too.
  — Zahra Thompson, SELF, 28 Jan. 2026
• Hockey, in the world of Heated Rivalry, is just foreplay.
  — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
• Females tend to favor someone who can do a bit of foreplay to help reduce their overstimulated mind.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
• Who but men could have scripted such a response, which seems intended to please a harasser who sees aggression as foreplay?
  — Noam Cohen, WIRED, 6 June 2019