Example Sentences

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And later they would laugh about that, about how strange it was that their marriage should have turned so loverlike after so many years.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Godfrey had altered in his manner to her, he had become kinder, and yes, more loverlike than he had been for years.

From Love and hatred by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

If sugarplums of speech, if loverlike attentions could have cured Pamela Winstanley's mortal sickness, she might yet have recovered.

From Vixen, Volume III. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The first brief look convinced Mr. Saltram that upon this point at least her lover had indulged in no loverlike exaggeration.

From Fenton's Quest by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The jest hurt her a little, and seeing it, he was quick with loverlike recompense.

From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson