Example Sentences

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But while Penn's romances have had their well-chronicled highs and lows, his acting career only followed one trajectory: up.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Whatever people may say they want, tension-free romances are boring.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” may catch the same current wave of pop-inflected Gothic-style romances as Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Undersharing, on the other hand, quietly costs us: friendships that never deepen, colleagues who never quite trust us, romances that never spark.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

With the publication of his novels The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau in the mid-1890s, he became known for his innovative scientific romances, today known as science fiction.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow