Thesaurus results for LOVEMAKING

lovemaking

noun

ˈləv-ˌmā-kiŋ

as in sex

sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis does not allow her young daughter to watch any films in which lovemaking is shown, however discreetly

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as in dating

the series of social engagements shared by a couple looking to get married a series of Rococo paintings in which the lovemaking of French aristocrats is depicted with erotic playfulness

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Recent Examples of lovemaking But nothing gets at the unabashed nature of Babygirl’s eroticism like that shot of Samuel tenderly cradling his lover like a child after having spent long hours holed up in a hotel room together indulging in lovemaking and games of dominance and submission. —

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 The only real originality in the accounts of Jesus’ virgin birth is their distinctly Jewish and prudish tone, with the impregnation dignified and at arm’s length rather than represented, as in the Hellenistic myths, as a shower of gold or the lovemaking of an amorous swan. —

Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 Early on, the director preferred portraying heterosexual lovemaking. —

Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025 Axton included lines about wine-drinking and lovemaking that give the song at least a little bit of an adult sensibility and kept it from seeming too dippy. —

Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for lovemaking

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The findings, from 1,592 U.S. citizens of different ages, sexes, races and incomes, were collected between Dec. 20 and Dec. 22.

— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
On his first day in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that declared the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025