How to Use amorous in a Sentence

amorous

adjective

• He has an amorous nature.
• Only when combined with religious rhetoric were feelings of amorous passion acceptable.
  — Mikkel Krenchel, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2016
• If that's the case, and this sort of text gets your heart racing in an amorous way, good on you.
  — Lodro Rinzler, Marie Claire, 3 Jan. 2014
• Feel the jolt, a fish biting the line of first amorous interest.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
• So, my first trip to Europe would be in the role of daughter-in-law and not that of amorous young wife.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2017
• The Art of Love, the Roman poet Ovid offers some words of advice to the amorous.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 13 Feb. 2017
• Cocaine Bear then cuts to an amorous pair of hikers in the woods below.
  — WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
• John Patrick Shanley's tale of Irish farmers, one shy, one amorous.
  — Philly.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• During the dry season, the forest is a refuge for amorous elephants who come in from the plains nearby to breed.
  — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
• The island’s fjords, which once resounded with the booming calls of amorous males, fell silent.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2017
• The hustling, athletic girl will forget the links and make sheep’s eyes at her amorous swain.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
• An amorous guy could pop a balloon, inhale, and sound like Barry White.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
• Markle isn’t the first to experience the amorous powers of roast chicken.
  — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 13 Apr. 2018
• In the row in front of us, a woman became increasingly amorous with her date.
  — Mallory Ortberg, Slate Magazine, 12 Oct. 2017
• For the next few weeks, romantic bonds are going to get extra amorous, so don’t be afraid to dial up the kink.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
• Named for their slender, dangling legs, crane flies live life in an amorous whirlwind.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
• Named for their slender, dangling legs, crane flies live life in an amorous whirlwind.
  — National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
• The two performed most of the complicated moves during the knockdown fight that turns amorous.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2021
• The secluded nature of the cavern may bring out an amorous nature.
  — Scott Craven, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2018
• A flirtatious text message might give you some amorous ideas.
  — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2017
• The strange amorous antics of hoopoes—named for their distinctive whooping cry—have long been known to science.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 May 2021
• Hoover and Cohn, who is wrapped in an American flag skirt and kicking up a high-heeled pump, are about to lip-lock in an amorous embrace.
  — Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
• For amorous couples looking to take it up a notch, check into the erotic suite at the 9Hotel Montparnasse.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 15 June 2017
• In a bizarre ritual, an amorous male hides on the underside of a leaf and thrusts the paddle high enough for a female on the other side of the leaf to see it.
  — National Geographic, 14 Feb. 2017
• Two women, both ready for love and adventure; two men, amorous and single.
  — Cressida Connolly, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020
• As the evening wore on, reporters witnessed Tarses and Reynolds go outside and become amorous.
  — Brooks Barnes New York Times, Star Tribune, 3 Feb. 2021
• As the evening wore on, reporters witnessed Ms. Tarses and Mr. Reynolds go outside and become amorous.
  — New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
• But when the reggaeton beat drops on this amorous single, that emotional heft strikes a new chord.
  — Alex Suskind, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2021
• So Kiyonari’s teams set up infrared cameras in the lab to track their every amorous movement.
  — Megan Molteni, STAT, 23 July 2021
• Black drum fish tend to mate—and fill the sea with their amorous racket—on winter nights, which might explain the uptick in noise residents hear around this time of year.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024