How to Use romantic in a Sentence

romantic

1 of 2 adjective
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  • She won't discuss her romantic life with the press.
  • He has some romantic notions about life on a farm.
  • Why can't you be more romantic?
  • She had a lot of big romantic dreams of becoming an actress.
  • His brother was having romantic troubles at the time.
  • She had romantic feelings for him.
  • Beethoven was the first great Romantic composer.
  • He had a romantic relationship with a coworker.
  • Sha h Rukh Khan is known as one of the great romantic stars of Bollywood.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
  • All of this sounds heavy, but this book is also so romantic!
    — Novel Neighbor, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Oh as his romantic interest and Robert Downey Jr. as … all the White guys.
    — Nick Hilden, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Which is a shame, because Smith is a gifted romantic lead.
    — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In the era of streaming, using an MP3 and a laptop is an easier — but far less romantic — way to do it.
    — Artur Galocha, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • All of Moore’s kids went for a romantic vibe with their ensembles in contrast to their mom’s bombshell look.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The track hears the two stars singing about the often toxic back-and-forth following a difficult romantic split.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The actor, who had been married twice before, then flew his wife-to-be to Maui for a romantic vacation.
    — Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • There were romantic songs, and there was English-language pop in its many flavors.
    — Ned Sublette, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Saving money on health insurance is on the less romantic end of the spectrum.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In the photos, she is seen sitting on a blanket in a gorgeous green field while wearing the most romantic white sundress.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The intertwining trees create a romantic tunnel that looks straight out of a fairy tale.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2023
  • But also: Ernest’s courtship of Mollie is charming and, in the early moments, romantic and sweet.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Gomez, meanwhile, gave fans a chill track for the end of the summer that acts as equal parts kiss-off for the season and to any seasonal romantic interests.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, the official day of love, which means many couples were out on the town for a romantic date night.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The pair was rumored to have gone from friends to romantic interests after the fashion show — and the rest is royal history.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In one of the pics, the mother of four could be seen wearing a sheer lace mini-dress with a black bandeau top during what appears to be a romantic beachside date night.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2023
  • His version is a lot more cool, romantic, and collected.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Beetz loved the romantic, etherial design of the French gray silk gown with a handkerchief hemline.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The romantic spectacle is free, and onlookers line the sidewalk, mesmerized by the beauty of the dancing fountains and the music that plays along with the show.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
  • The two had a romantic relationship that lasted around 18 months.
    — Megan Woolard, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2023
  • On top of their dual roles in the production, the pair are a cohabitating romantic couple—just one more unstable element in a potentially volatile brew.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
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romantic

2 of 2 noun
  • Law school is no place for idealists and romantics.
  • Beethoven was the first great Romantic among composers.
  • She married a real romantic who brings her roses every day.
  • Beth the romantic, Beth the chaotic, Beth the Manichaean.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The romantic in me wanted to see that poster as a map of the events of my own life, too.
    — New York Times, 15 June 2021
  • But for all the gloom rising from these pages, there is more than a whiff of the romantic as well.
    — Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
  • That’s the irony of the song — how any romantic arrives at the same fate, which is that romance ebbs and flows.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2021
  • They’re set up on stilts, fragrant with cedar and romantic as can be.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • Don’t let the divorce album fool you—Adele is still a romantic at heart.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Warning to all you romantics out there (on Tinder?): some things take time and work.
    — Clay Skipper, GQ, 6 Sep. 2017
  • But this isn’t the first time that Shakira, a hopeless romantic with an armored heart, pens a song for an ex.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2023
  • These are our favorite cute nicknames for boyfriends, from the sweet to the romantic to the utterly ridiculous.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Sparkling wine will be called on to make many a Valentine’s Day dinner romantic, but the bubbles needn’t burst the budget.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Leo Venus Leo governs the heart, and fittingly, those born under the Leo Venus sky are true romantics.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 31 July 2018
  • Like most romantics, Fitzgerald was as much a boat going with the current as against it, and he was borne as much into the future as the past.
    — Sam Tanenhaus, New Republic, 31 May 2017
  • Again, the lure of the outsider tale — be it quirky romantics dressed as eagles and sharks (hence the title of his 2007 film), or a chimp trying to make his way in Neverland.
    — Michael Cavna, ajc, 9 Nov. 2017
  • The show follows two hopeless romantics named Riley and Kyle.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 22 Feb. 2018
  • In time the news of Oia's sunsets spread to tour operators and honeymooners and romantics all over the world.
    — Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The second group are romantics taken in by the Kurds’ plight and convinced that the only way to protect them from future harm is through statehood.
    — Joost Hiltermann, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2017
  • For me, trains remain the quintessentially European way to go, and the best option for romantics.
    — Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
  • But there was some lovable romantic worried about what to do about men who make proposals but are turned down.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • To use a phrase of Burton Rascoe’s — his hurt romantics are still seeking that other side of paradise.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Pamela is a hopeless romantic who truly adores being in love.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 6 Feb. 2023
  • There has never been a better week to be a hopeless romantic with a Netflix account.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Condor's sweet melodies paired with heartwarmingly earnest lyrics about the virtues of true love will inspire hope in even the most hopeless romantic.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The return of Aidan, played by John Corbett, could mean our hopeless romantic is diving back into the pool headfirst.
    — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Sooner or later, though, every romantic on the path realizes that the journey along the way is the real treasure.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 23 July 2022
  • Someone who is not judgmental and not a purist about various moral lines in the sand, but who is still, at heart, a romantic about ideas of faith and religion.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2021
  • After all, in each of us lies a romantic, a minimalist, a bohemian, a glamour girl, an edgy soul, and more.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Underneath a veneer of rebellion and anger, the Charlotte seen in this series is a hopeless romantic who believes in true love.
    — Town & Country, 5 May 2023

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