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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
Recent Examples on the Web
As the race for the White House remains a toss up, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have ramped up their courtship of a crucial voting bloc: young voters
A recent ABC News/Ipsos poll found Harris leading Trump by 14 points among voters under 30 years old.
—Emily Chang, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
One of the hallmarks of Harris’s campaign has been her courtship of corporate leaders.
—Owen Tedford, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Joy-Anna and Austin got married in May 2017 after getting engaged just a few months after announcing their courtship on the special episode of Counting On: Jinger’s Wedding in November 2016.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
The cumulative effect on young people of this mix of brutal repression and aggressive courtship is, for the moment at least, silence: among Russia’s youth today, there are few signs of any meaningful currents of resistance.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1596, in the meaning defined above
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtship. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
courtship
noun
court·ship
-ˌship
: the act or process of courting
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