Example Sentences

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Minor love complications, as Lulu falls for Gordy even though Gordy is romancing Maizy, are only as knotty as noodles.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Other lighter ways of saying that a person is lying is to say that he is "romancing," or "drawing the long bow," or "drawing on the imagination," or "telling a fairy tale."

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)

"Flora is romancing a little," said her brother.

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan