courtship
求爱,求偶,求婚,追求
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Definitions
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- : the wooing of one person by another.
- : the period during which such wooing takes place.
- : solicitation of favors, applause, etc.
- : Ethology. behavior in animals that occurs before and during mating, often including elaborate displays.
- : Obsolete. courtly behavior; courtesy; gallantry.
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Examples
My first love went to art school, and early in our courtship he invited me to a student show of his photography.
In this recording, a male superb lyrebird ends its complicated courtship song and dance with an uncanny imitation of a raucous mobbing flock.
I can still enjoy the romance, root for the protagonists, celebrate the courtships.
They would mount others and display courtship behaviors exactly like a male would.
As we read these letters, which cover the couple’s early courtship, from 1941 to 1945, we can look for clues as to what went wrong — though the details are notably one-sided.
Everyone showed lots of skin and courtship perfumed the air.
They married on December 19, 2013 after a romantic “Walt Disney” kind of courtship, they both said.
However, the Republican base will be far less forgiving of Paul for his criticism of police policy and his courtship of Sharpton.
One of the lefties she met was a sociology instructor named Philip Rieff, whom she married after a 10-day courtship.
What made for an intoxicating courtship, however, resulted in a troubled marriage.
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I was riding by the ranch of Mr. Blank, who had wooed and won our cook after a that was as brief as it was fervid.