How to Use intimate with in a Sentence

intimate with

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  • This spot is intimate with just nine seats at the bar and 23 lounge seats.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Don’t marry the dancer but [get intimate with them].
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • And now, the week’s best new music to get intimate with your earholes.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 May 2024
  • Only a poem intimate with them would refer to trees this way.
    Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
  • With the earthy velvet and leather seating, the restaurant is both intimate with a twist of grandeur.
    Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Having the foot being intimate with the trail surfaces is paramount.
    Men's Health, 21 Feb. 2023
  • When Chloe gets intimate with a boy, the ghost averts its eyes and the image turns away — our instinct is to keep looking.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Couples can make their way to the slopes, or keep things intimate with the resort’s yurt experiences.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
  • If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 16 May 2022
  • This time, Kendall kept things a little more intimate with a cozy photoshoot on what appeared to be her couch.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 10 Jan. 2023
  • To be intimate with someone is, in this sense, a genuine interest in the other person and to be moved by them.
    Hazlitt, 6 Dec. 2023
  • He is arrested by a religious sect for the crime of being gay and having been intimate with other men.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Being intimate with Olivia helped my shame dissipate.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
  • So find a warm body and get intimate with these seven sci-fi TV series sure to heat up the holiday!
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Frankie met and became intimate with the couple during a trip to Mexico.
    Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2022
  • Cake is a bit more intimate with a small dance floor, while Riot House offers more of a big-club experience.
    Rob Reed, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Wang greets me in a white sweater and a cream checkerboard skirt on the restaurant’s ground floor, lively with customers yet intimate with the amber glow of tasseled lamps.
    Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Sunday night’s episode showed the couple speak about their first night getting physically intimate with each — but their stories didn’t line up.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Annie Lane offers advice to a husband who still loves his wife but doesn’t want to be physically intimate with her.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Theresa, 54, is heard getting intimate with John, 27, on the new age-gap dating show.
    Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Putting your desire to be in a relationship or being intimate with other people first can feel like a big leap that is just scary enough to keep you from trying at all.
    Myisha Battle, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
  • At one point, Cyrus is seen getting intimate with her love interest but his face is too blurry to make out, mirroring the point of view in her writing.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022
  • In a violent culture afraid of mortality, the willingness to be intimate with death can be a form of vigilance.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
  • This is the second time Alex has been intimate with someone publicly thought of as dangerous — first Mitch, now Paul.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Married at First Sight's Clare is seeking advice on how to get more intimate with her husband Cameron.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Other scenes in the trailer show Styles screaming in a car, and later getting intimate with Pugh on a dining room table.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Almost all of the women in the photos and videos had no memory of being recorded or being intimate with Raymond.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • This nightly routine led Priscilla to blow up at her then fiancé, begging him to spend more time being intimate with her than reading his boring books.
    Shannon Carlin, TIME, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Lizzo is getting intimate with her latest confession.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026

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