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Recent Examples of amatory The brilliant young Mozart, only 34 at the time of the premiere, lifted this ludicrous amatory romp into sublime heights with his music. Jeremy Yudkin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023 Lapine, making his feature film debut, doesn’t have the technique to turn this amatory whirl into a lyrical roundelay. Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023 Peacock, talented, attractive, amatory, and a good friend to the bohemian Shelley circle, married, rather surprisingly, a Welsh parson’s daughter, Jane Gryffydh, who was ill at ease in London and developed life-long mental illness after the death of one of her children. Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amatory
Adjective
  • Mankind’s dilemma comes across powerfully in the erotic conflict between Jony and Jane.
    Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This year, the final erotic frames were shot on the premises.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Here are five players the Vikings should target: Will Fries, guard Not the sexiest name out there by any means, Fries might be the best interior offensive lineman available.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The man who portrays The Rookie character is, of course, Eric Winter, whom readers voted as the sexiest TV cop.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s anchored by an actress, Marion Cotillard, who has one of the great faces, and a classical sophistication with a glamorous, out-of-reach noirish beauty that pairs wonderfully with a creature cut out of Hans Christian Andersen: amorous, elusive, but wounded.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The temple walls are densely adorned with sandstone carvings that bring scenes from everyday existence to life—celestial musicians, amorous couples, agrarian landscapes—all frozen in time over a thousand years ago.
    Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025

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“Amatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amatory. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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