love affair
noun
a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
love affairs
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pluralof love affair.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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During these years momentous things occur—there is an enormous rail-worker strike; Charu has love affairs and eventually marries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
These romantic television dramas featuring love affairs between beautiful young men have grown enormously in popularity over the past decade, especially during the Covid pandemic.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025
Seen that way, friendships are love affairs, if platonic ones — and just as much of a roller coaster as romantic ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
The professional love affairs between Kissinger and many American journalists endured from the time that he got a grip on the steering wheel of U.S. foreign policy when Nixon became president in early 1969.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023
In France, a land of love affairs, this explanation—that the Mona Lisa was kidnapped by a would-be lover—seemed logical, maybe even inevitable.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
