How to Use platonic love in a Sentence
platonic love
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There have been some historic celebrity friendships that pass from mere pals to the pantheon of great platonic loves.
—Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 22 Mar. 2017
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Kaling and Novak have been vocal about their now-platonic love for each other.
—Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2022
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Since the idea of a platonic love story comes from your own lives, do your characters resemble you?
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
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Schrager casts his relationship with Rubell as a sort of platonic love affair.
—Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2018
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For the holiday, the star and a group of friends got together in matching robes, boas and heart headbands to celebrate their friendships and platonic love.
—Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 10 May 2023
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Several episodes explore platonic love, and a few toe the line between friendship and romance.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2019
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Katherine Heigl of rom-com royalty is back, only this new show is more about a platonic love story.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2020
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Smith's comedy sheds a light on the complications of romance and platonic love, and how dangerous mixing the two can be.
—Esquire Editors, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2017
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In the visuals for the single (written and directed by Alisa) the band opts to highlight the platonic love between the bandmates over the standard romance story.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2020
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The book is about police corruption, poverty, family, platonic love and the prison system.
—Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
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While Dramione may live on in another universe, the endearing crushes and platonic love between the two is still magical.
—Vulture, 1 Jan. 2022
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Summering is – among other things – a platonic love story between four friends.
—Risa Sarachan, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
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This fun, sweet novel beautifully captures the power of romantic and platonic love alike.
—Emily Ables, Seventeen, 28 Dec. 2016
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One is that platonic love is somehow less important or meaningful than romantic love.
—Catherine Pearson, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2022
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However, the show’s depiction of friendship – particularly that between Charlie and Tao – is challenging the idea of what platonic love can look like.
—Chichi Offor, refinery29.com, 29 May 2022
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The other definition—pronounced rather differently—refers to God’s love, a love that is distinct from romantic love (eros) or platonic love (philia).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 July 2022
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In 1925 Kansas, a teenage girl suffers an emotional breakdown following a platonic love affair.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
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The platonic love that develops between these two men does become critical later in the story, as their situation becomes more desperate.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2021
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The concept of platonic love comes directly from director Nikole Beckwith's experiences with deep friendship.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2021
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For the uninitiated, February 13 is designated as a day to celebrate female friendship and platonic love shared between gal pals — fittingly called Galentine’s Day.
—Karla Pope, Woman's Day, 22 Dec. 2022
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The result is a record that challenges the notion of experimental music’s emotional capability via the undeniable warmth of romantic, familial, and platonic love.
—Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Nov. 2021
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Attraction, romantic love, platonic love and social connection all come with a specific mixture of hormones, but most involve some combination of dopamine, testosterone, estrogen, vasopressin and oxytocin.
—Jeffrey Rediger, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2020
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