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Recent Examples of amorous If the male tarantula is successful in his amorous pursuits, he may be attacked, killed and eaten by the female, although current research suggests that is not as common as once thought. Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025 Continuing Jodie Mack’s (The Grand Bizarre, NYFF56) long-term project of animating alternative materials, Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love is an ecstatic and visceral reflection on temporality, both human and botanical, an amorous affirmation of death and life. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025 Also in the episode, Trump complained about the size of his manhood in an official painting before crawling into bed with and trying to be amorous with Satan. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 July 2025 Cooking together is often seen as just as amorous as dinner itself. Ramal Nasim july 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for amorous
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Adjective
  • Illustration by Patricia Bolaños In today’s New York, dive bars are an increasingly rare species, steadily losing their place in the economic food chain to sexier establishments that are more amenable to influencers and their algorithms.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The cutout unveiled a sexy bra that matched her underwear.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Criticism about the move to allow erotic content on the LLM poured in following the decision this week, including from Shark Tank star and businessman Mark Cuban.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Set against the backdrop of the Mediterranean at the height of summer, the erotic thriller follows Calvin Wells (Funk), a charismatic conman who sets his sights on Katrine Winters (Williams), a mysterious billionaire widow.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The brilliant young Mozart, only 34 at the time of the premiere, lifted this ludicrous amatory romp into sublime heights with his music.
    Jeremy Yudkin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
  • Lapine, making his feature film debut, doesn’t have the technique to turn this amatory whirl into a lyrical roundelay.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023

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“Amorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amorous. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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