Examples of courtship in a Sentence
They had a two-year courtship before marrying.
The male of the species often displays aggression during courtship.
the President's courtship of middle-class voters
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And the courtship of Harbaugh created a rift between Sparano and Jeff Ireland, the coach and general manager tandem Parcells initially installed.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
Next Chapter View List After their meet-cute (well, meet-brood, thanks to Spencer’s tortured past), the pair had one heck of a whirlwind courtship.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
The German government has so far opposed Orcel’s courtship of Commerzbank, but faces its own turbulence after the collapse of the ruling coalition and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s loss of a no-confidence vote earlier this week cleared the path for elections in February.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
The Americas unprecedented scale and ambition delivers remarkable world firsts; new species, new intimate courtship, dramatic deep sea hunting and some of nature’s strangest stories – even a frog that seems to defy death every day.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
Next Chapter View List After their meet-cute (well, meet-brood, thanks to Spencer’s tortured past), the pair had one heck of a whirlwind courtship.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
The German government has so far opposed Orcel’s courtship of Commerzbank, but faces its own turbulence after the collapse of the ruling coalition and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s loss of a no-confidence vote earlier this week cleared the path for elections in February.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
The Americas unprecedented scale and ambition delivers remarkable world firsts; new species, new intimate courtship, dramatic deep sea hunting and some of nature’s strangest stories – even a frog that seems to defy death every day.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtship. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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courtship
noun
court·ship
-ˌship 
: the act or process of courting
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