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noun

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Recent Examples of romantic
Adjective
And as the two abruptly start discussing who would hurt the other one first in case of a romantic involvement, no signs of on-screen chemistry emerge between them. Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025 Robinson was involved in a romantic relationship with his roommate, who investigators say was transgender, which hasn’t been confirmed. Jesse Bedayn, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
With so many Queen Anne and Regency buildings, this whole area screams period drama: channel your inner romantic with a visit to a historic home like Keats House (where poet John Keats lived) or Fenton House, with its picturesque walled garden. Emma John, AFAR Media, 24 June 2025 Her understanding and appreciation of the genre is a dream come true for romantics who know that Mr. Darcy isn’t the ultimate prize when an independent woman seeks happiness and companionship. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for romantic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for romantic
Adjective
  • This isn't just about exotic imports—we're talking about fundamental ingredients that define American restaurant menus.
    Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The video montage showed Sharon and Kelly interacting with exotic birds at Cornwall Falconry in England.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Jars of thick honey can feel messy or impractical for travel.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As hotels compete for increasingly discerning customers, designs perceived as impractical or uncomfortable can quickly backfire in the age of viral social media.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
  • My friend, the late Dr. Dorothy I. Height, once described me as a dreamer with a shovel in my hands.
    John Hope Bryant, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The combination of strange comments, a clear lack of education and experience, and a disturbing personal history with mental health struggles and domestic problems doomed his campaign.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Coon admitted that their daughter has also taken up a strange favorite film.
    Avalon Hester, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Harold remembers arriving at Shepherd as an idealistic young man, ready to shape developing minds and make grand intellectual contributions.
    Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Lellouche stars as unlikely hero Zem, a disillusioned Zone 3 cop with an idealistic militant past, who is teamed with haughty, high-flying Zone 2 officer Salia, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, after a leading politician is assassinated in Zone 1.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • What was clear is that Uniqlo conceives of itself as a distribution system for utopian values, replete with mantras and koans, as much as a clothing company.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Lee and her brother William would preach far and wide to attract people to their cause (a necessity, given the lifetime celibacy requirement) and their pursuit of a utopian society free of any and all sin.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This energy is released as light, producing the colorful displays seen in the night sky.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Grand Slam winners get a colorful Grand Slam Award sticker.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The resulting film is equal parts shaggy, quixotic road movie and Malickian spiritual ponderance, gazing at the celestial patterns above while also too drunk on them to see the shallowness of their promise.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a quixotic gallantry to appealing to a saner conservative and looking ahead to a post-Trump American politics.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Romantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romantic. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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