romanced

verb

past tense of romance
as in wooed

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  1. wooed
  2. courted
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  • Luca Guadagnino One of the best films of the 2010s, this drama stars Timothée Chalamet as a boy who discovers his own sexuality when he’s wooed by an older man, played by Armie Hammer.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
  • When asked who might be the greatest thinker in America, the boy immediately suggests Professor Jacob Barnhardt (Sam Jaffe), an Albert Einstein analogue who's wooed by Klaatu's solutions to a particularly tricksy math equation.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of wooed
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  • Ellison floated the idea of having the companies leave California if the suit wasn’t dropped, while states like Texas and Tennessee actively courted the mogul.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Costco initially courted the city with plans for a roughly 166,000-square-foot warehouse at the northeast corner of State Highway 55 and Hill Road, but the project has yet to make it to a public hearing.
    — Rose Evans October 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of courted
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“Romanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romanced. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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