Examples of courtship in a Sentence
They had a two-year courtship before marrying.
The male of the species often displays aggression during courtship.
the President's courtship of middle-class voters
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The court’s decision could be described as a contracts law equivalent of two people not being forced to marry after they got engaged and their courtship soured.
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
Listeners who’d never stolen away to a soft-serve stand under the guise of an innocent meetup responded to the song’s mellifluous reading of coming-of-age courtship and simpler-days nostalgia.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The removal Published May 18, 1983 Piece by piece and petal by petal, the bloom on those hot- pink, oversized water lilies symbolic of Miami’s temporary courtship of contemporary art began to fade Tuesday.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Beginning in late January and into February, male prairie-chickens begin to gather in low grass to start this elaborate courtship display.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
Listeners who’d never stolen away to a soft-serve stand under the guise of an innocent meetup responded to the song’s mellifluous reading of coming-of-age courtship and simpler-days nostalgia.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The removal Published May 18, 1983 Piece by piece and petal by petal, the bloom on those hot- pink, oversized water lilies symbolic of Miami’s temporary courtship of contemporary art began to fade Tuesday.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Beginning in late January and into February, male prairie-chickens begin to gather in low grass to start this elaborate courtship display.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtship. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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courtship
noun
court·ship
-ˌship 
: the act or process of courting
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