love affair

noun

1
: a romantic attachment or episode between lovers
2
: a lively enthusiasm
America's love affair with baseball

Examples of love affair in a Sentence

the tabloids feel obliged to keep us informed of the love affairs of celebrities, whether we care to know or not a group of young men united by their love affair with the muscle car
Recent Examples on the Web From the postwar boom through the Judgment of Paris in 1976, Americans enjoyed a love affair with French wine that continues to this day. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2024 But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright. Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024 Americans’ decades-long love affair with the US West appears to be souring as high housing costs in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle encourage migration to the South, a new analysis shows. Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2024 Perhaps this is why some of you are having a secret love affair. Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024 The first bite of fried chicken from a Thai food truck in Detroit launched a love affair with Takoi that has spanned nearly a decade now and will prompt us to make the five-hour drive just for dinner. Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2024 Campbell's love affair with running began at a young age, growing up in Rose Hill, a small community near Mandeville, Jamaica. Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024 Little and Ashley’s budding love affair is dealt short shrift, as is Sam’s scant development. Courtney Howard, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024 Louis and Armand's love affair will prove to have devastating consequences both in the past and in the future. EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of love affair was in 1767

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“Love affair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love%20affair. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

love affair

noun
: a romantic relationship or incident between lovers
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