secret lover

noun

: a person's lover that no one else knows about

Examples of secret lover in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When her secret lover Jason (Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Whishaw) to keep her safe. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024 That's right — the dear papa of Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) is Lady Danbury's secret lover. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 May 2023 His days are spent with pregnant best friend Angel (Victoria Pedretti) working a strip mall laundromat; his nights with his secret lover and aspiring pimp, Angel’s baby’s father Vinnie (Dylan O’Brien). Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024 The pen captured several intimate conversations between Suzanne and a secret lover. Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 1 July 2023 Kate Rockwell has two scenes as Marilyn Barnett, introduced in the second act as King’s secret lover and eyed suspiciously by King’s husband and friends. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023 Mixing enticing storytelling with Jack Antonoff’s stadium-ready production, Swift spins the tale of a summer spent sneaking around through windows and taking drunk car rides with a secret lover. Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023 Just under a year after Hulu aired Candy, its own retelling of the Candy Montgomery story—the 1980 case of a Texas woman who murdered the spouse of her secret lover, killing her with an ax—HBO Max is set to tell the gruesome story all over again in Love & Death, starring Elizabeth Olsen as Candy. Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2023 Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the queen’s adviser and longtime secret lover. The Rachel Weisz Gay Index, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2023

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“Secret lover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20lover. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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