love-in

noun

ˈləv-ˌin 

: a gathering of people especially for the expression of their mutual love

Examples of love-in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The all-day-dining love-in continues at Holland Park's resurgent brasserie, Julie's. —Charlie Teasdale, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024

Read the full rollicking report of SKR’s Locarno love-in here. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024

Donovan’s hit album Mellow Yellow was all the rage in 1966, and the psychedelic patterns of the Spectre’s hood—er, bonnet—would be perfectly at home on a fluorescent Fillmore poster stapled to the wall at a Haight Ashbury love-in. —Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2024

The first and most obvious point is that both parties in the Microsoft-OpenAI love-in are increasingly hedging their bets. —Phil Wahba, Fortune, 3 July 2024

The scene isn’t in vain: Janet reunites with Regina after attending a performance of the company’s latest metaphysical love-in with a wide-eyed Lacy in tow. —Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024

The seven-time All-Star’s Great British love-in continued throughout the weekend, and in the opening game of the series, Harper played the starring role. —Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 11 June 2024

High anxiety set in on the closing day of a summit between European Union and Latin American leaders that was supposed to be a love-in but turned into a diplomatic fracas over the war in Ukraine. —Ruf Casert, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2023

But the Women’s College World Series could be the greatest love-in of all sports. —Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for love-in

• aneurin
• crystallin
• eosin
• mandolin
• porphyrin
• underpin
• violin
• akin
• auxin
• buckskin
• chagrin
• deerskin