ROMANCE in a Sentence

Learn ROMANCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

74 example sentences for ROMANCE, such as:

1. That is what the world calls a romance.
2. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
3. I had buried my romance in a bed of asphodel.
4. You should say the first romance of your life.
5. There was an air of romance about the old castle.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROMANCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
romance
 a.  relating to languages derived from Latin
 n.  a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
Classic Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1  Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In ARABY
2  So she had had that romance in her life: a man had died for her sake.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
3  The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In FIRST ACT
4  This afternoon during my temporary absence in London on an important question of romance, he obtained admission to my house by means of the false pretence of being my brother.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In THIRD ACT
5  It is a silly habit, I dare say, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one's life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
6  They spoil every romance by trying to make it last for ever.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
7  Crudely as it had been told to him, it had yet stirred him by its suggestion of a strange, almost modern romance.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
8  To the present day I can't make out why I did so; and yet if I hadn't--my dear Harry, if I hadn't--I should have missed the greatest romance of my life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
9  But you should not say the greatest romance of your life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
10  You should say the first romance of your life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
11  That is what the world calls a romance.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
12  I thought you must have some curious romance on hand.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
13  I once wore nothing but violets all through one season, as a form of artistic mourning for a romance that would not die.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
14  I had buried my romance in a bed of asphodel.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
15  There seemed to him to be something tragic in a friendship so coloured by romance.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
Example Sentence:
1  There was an air of romance about the old castle.
2  The author belongs among the romance writers more than among the novelists.
3  To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
4  After a whirlwind romance the couple announced their engagement in July.
5  To feel the flame of dreaming and to feel the moment of dancing,when all the romance is far away,the eternity is always there.
6  The announcement that they would betroth surprised their friends who had not suspected any romance.
7  "Twilight" rocketed both to superstardom, and their real-life romance only propelled them further.