How to Use lovemaking in a Sentence

lovemaking

noun
  • No word yet if the gay lovemaking in that one is at all sculptural.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Sadly, their lovemaking is cut short by cannon fire in the distance.
    Roxane Gay, WIRED, 10 July 2016
  • Bobbi is Frances’ closest person and will always be that, so the lovemaking had to feel distinct from that of Nick.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022
  • Girardeau had fun with a video posted to social media of the whales, complete with the deep and sultry voice of Barry White singing along to the lovemaking.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2017
  • Sal’s and my lovemaking, languid and aimless, floats before me like a childhood idyll.
    Michelle Weber, Longreads, 29 June 2018
  • After a disastrous night on the town, Gina and James lie in bed, staring at the ceiling, listening to the noisy lovemaking of their hosts.
    Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The sounds of lovemaking coming out of their suite were so loud that security knocked on their door to see if everything was okay.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Their lovemaking, about which she's conflicted, is shown as (for her anyway) drab.
    Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
  • And the lovemaking could continue for several more months, as beech trees in the region continue to have one of their largest mast seasons in over 40 years.
    Leah Asmelash and Brian Ries, CNN, 19 July 2019
  • The movie features a comedic love scene in which the couple's lovemaking is interrupted by Hildy's barking dog and her daughter knocking on the bedroom door.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
  • In the act of lovemaking, a man and a woman send each other possibly deceptive signals about their true state of ecstasy.
    Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2012
  • Their lovemaking is at once raw and poetic, so explicit that the viewer feels like an intruder.
    Jeanne Jakle, ExpressNews.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The clip drifts back to the past, when Goss and his beau were still on better terms, cutting to shots of their passionate lovemaking and smiling brunches, filled with Canadian bacon and flapjacks covered in syrup.
    Alex Blynn, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2020
  • And then, there was this hilarious story that went around about how there were all these loud sounds coming from their suite at the resort—because their lovemaking was so ferocious.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Nov. 2020
  • While searching for a suitable future Princess, Cazotte teaches the timid and introverted Crown Prince the art of seduction and lovemaking.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The lovemaking is frantic, secretive and somewhat grim, signifying an escape for one and perhaps a trap for the other.
    Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Past girlfriends had been interrogated, their rating of his lovemaking spread across tabloids, even books.
    Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The closest, most unpredictable Academy Awards race in recent history could come down to how academy voters feel about the lovemaking of a fish-man.
    Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Without a healthy bounce, movement can be difficult and awkward, making for less-than-ideal lovemaking.
    Megan Griffith, Health, 4 Feb. 2023
  • But Winslet is no stranger to onscreen lovemaking and leveraged her varied experiences for Ammonite.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Silhouetted against the dusky Tokyo light outside their window, Oto begins to tell Kafuku a story, involving a teenage girl and a secret intrusion, that has just come to her in the midst of their lovemaking.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
  • In fact, an early scene captures Paul and Jane’s yearslong history in one glimpse, depicting their lovemaking and its aftermath.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Forget about peaks—lovemaking can be exciting in your twenties, thirties, forties and beyond.
    Sharon Boone, Essence, 30 July 2019
  • As the episode starts, Johnny is in bed with Carmen, Miguel’s mother, after a night of passionate lovemaking and hopefully some very responsible condom use.
    Cydney Lee, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
  • While these fire signs enjoy the raw physicality of lovemaking, their absolute favorite form of passion is exploration (with a hint of danger).
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Sophie Hyde’s comedy could work just as well as a play, considering that almost all of the film is two characters in a room together, discussing the particulars of lovemaking.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Bassam’s encounters with the Society alternate with graphic episodes of party-going, drug use and lovemaking.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2017
  • His screenwriter wife Oto (Reika Kirishima) relishes their lovemaking; in bed, ideas for stories pour out of her, naturally, in a stream of erotic consciousness.
    Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Arie’s incredibly passionate and utilizes his entire body in his lovemaking.
    Michele Corriston, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • This introduction is like a compressed tone poem depicting their lovemaking.
    Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018

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