romance
noun
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively).
has romanced
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present perfectof romance (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters If Cory Booker is elected to the Senate, what happens to the dog-rescuing, proposal-saving, burning-house-charging mayor who has romanced the nation’s headlines?
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2013
A certain painter has given himself away to an American journalist, unless that gentleman has romanced, in the Philadelphia Daily News.
From The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by James McNeill Whistler
