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romancing

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verb

present participle of romance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for romancing
Noun
  • Bradley Beal, DeMar DeRozan, Donovan Mitchell, Damian Lillard and Kevin Durant — twice — all have been linked to Heat pursuits in recent years, none of the wooing reaching fruition.
    Greg Cote January 30, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And Mike's wooing was not initially reciprocated – Claire was married, divorcing her first husband, Rachel and Dayna's father, when Dayna was a baby.
    Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Iván Cepeda aimed to mobilize Petro’s existing following rather than courting voters beyond it.
    Ines Capdevila, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Once one of the kingdom’s more conservative areas, Aseer is now courting domestic crowds and foreign tourists alike.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Keep reading for more of our favorite charming finds below—all under $30.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • LeBron and Savannah James first began dating in high school.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • By every indication, the Bucks have been open for business with the Heat for months, dating to February’s NBA trade deadline.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • There is no grand seduction scene.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
  • The seduction of despair can be intense, whether on the personal or the political level.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • People attending the trial would also be prohibited from reacting, gesturing, wearing distracting clothing, or otherwise disrupting proceedings.
    Matthew Davisson, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • The royal, who was seen repeatedly blinking before jolting awake, was attending the annual ANZAC Day service at London's Westminster Abbey, which is held to commemorate Commonwealth soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and Canada who served and died in wars and peacekeeping operations.
    Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Baby kale is delicate enough to use straight from the container—no massaging required.
    Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Torres toured comedy-theater clubs across the country to do his massaging.
    Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Bitcoin has struggled through 2026, plunging to half its October peak and sparking fears of an imminent bitcoin collapse.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • While backing its longtime partner Iran rhetorically, China has been measured in its criticism of the US for sparking the conflict and held multiple calls and meetings with Gulf states that came under Iran’s attack.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
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“Romancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romancing. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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