be in love

idiom

: to love someone very much in a romantic way
After all these years, they're still very much in love (with each other).

Examples of be in love in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There's no shortage of love songs — about wanting to be in love, falling in love, falling out of love — and then along came Miley with a song about being fine just loving your damn self. Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2023 Powell, 35, and Sweeney, 26, play a pair of destination wedding attendees who pretend to be in love after a previous fling gone wrong in the new romantic comedy. Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023 Whatever the reason, everyone wants to be in love in the fall. Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 21 July 2023 There’s no way two people who treat each other this way can actually be in love. Ashley Ray-Harris, Vulture, 19 July 2021 While Kate was the one who ended up marrying Johnny (and having kids with him), Kate can't seem to shake the fear that Johnny might still be in love with Tully. Korin Miller, Women's Health, 19 Apr. 2023 Here’s another reason for Billie Eilish to be in love with her future: The pop star is set to headline the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival in 2022. Vulture, 4 Mar. 2022 Wed to Archduke Joseph of Austria, Isabella was rumored to truly be in love with Joseph’s sister, Archduchess Maria Christina, known affectionately as Mimi. NBC News, 18 Oct. 2021 And to be in love means to choose that person over and over again, to go through the messy stuff with. Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 30 Nov. 2020

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“Be in love.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20in%20love. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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