How to Use intimacy in a Sentence

intimacy

noun

• The band liked the intimacy of the nightclub.
• He felt he achieved a certain intimacy with her.
• What’s great about the bus as a space to work in is that there’s an intimacy to it.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• The square is vast and grand, but still retains a folksy intimacy.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
• Hair braiding as a sign of true intimacy among friends or lovers.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
• From sleeping on a bench in the town square to exploring intimacy in the bedroom for the first time, here’s what the couples got up to this week.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• Real love is that level of intimacy, and the acceptance of the messy parts.
  — TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
• Make a separate living room to create a flow to your floor plan and intimacy to the rooms.
  — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 19 June 2023
• Built in ‘62 for the World’s Fair, it’s been reupholstered a couple times since but retains the intimacy of a two-car garage.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• In fact, sometimes a moody deep tone enhances the sense of intimacy and simply makes the space cooler.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 19 July 2023
• The intimacy of the wedding may have belied the planning behind it.
  — Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• There’s a sense of intimacy because Modest Mouse at one point was just three guys trying to fill space in a song.
  — Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023
• This approach gives a sense of intimacy to all the places Fink paints, whether mundane or sweeping.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• The use of Imax cameras also enhanced the intimacy of the story in the sense that van Hoytema shot faces very up close and personal.
  — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
• So a big part of those training sessions was about building that trust and intimacy.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
• Using the large-format IMAX camera for closeups boosted both the tension and the sense of intimacy.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• The size of The Star in Frisco allows for more intimacy, so attendees will be a little bit closer to the action, Whiteside said.
  — Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• Some of the intimacy is lost in the transfer to Broadway, but director Saheem Ali does his best to narrow the gap between the stage and the audience.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
• But, with Maeve abroad, the two struggled to keep their relationship — and intimacy — alive.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• Constant surveillance heightens the risks of intimacy—and the furtive thrills of bathroom hookups.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2023
• Truly, from my perspective, the intimacy, and the craving, and the passion is what led us to take a turn in our relationship.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2024
• Looking for other ideas to spark intimacy in the bedroom?
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023
• James Ijames’s play premiered last spring at the Public Theater, and any play’s move to a much bigger venue will thin the intimacy of the experience.
  — Vulture, 12 Apr. 2023
• Andrew said Owen told him that the touching was a therapeutic way to learn how to accept love and intimacy.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• That helps explain the deep intimacy that an exhibition of Leigh’s work can evoke.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• Mars, the planet of action, is now in Leo, and this brings more attention to your sector of intimacy and outside resources.
  — Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 22 May 2023
• Galloway writes with an unflinching intimacy in this tale of a woman mourning the death of her married lover.
  — New York Times, 6 July 2023
• The bedroom should be used for sleeping and intimacy only, Freeman added.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
• Recording monologues at home recalled the intimacy of her YouTube videos.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• In many cultures, the wedding night may mark the couple’s first time attempting intimacy.
  — Allison Hope, New York Times, 9 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024