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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of romance.

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Examples

  • By the way, I've signed the Singh statement of support and I don't think I have been either "romanced" or "mislead".

    Why BCA v Singh Matters To Me Jack of Kent 2009

  • And if our internal worlds mirror our external relationships, it suggests that there are aspects of our creativity, intellect, and self-discipline which must be "romanced", "seduced" or approached directly.

    Seducing Ourselves Steven Barnes 2008

  • Difficult as it may be to draw the line between intended history, which was always strongly "romanced" in form, if not intentionally in fact, and that very peculiar product of Icelandic genius the saga proper, in which the original domestic record has been, so to speak,

    The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889

  • Hogarth's sketch is the sole source of all the portraits, more or less "romanced," which are prefixed to editions of Fielding; and also, there is good reason to suspect, of the dubious little miniature, still in possession of his descendants, which figures in Hutchins's _History of Dorset_ and elsewhere.

    Fielding Austin Dobson 1880

  • He is said to have 'romanced' some of them after meeting them in bars, discos, and even 'on the street' of Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, which gained independence from France and

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • After lunch every table is "romanced" by several winemakers as they pour you a glass of their wines.

    ~ Through The Walla Walla Grape Vine ™ ~ Walla Walla Wine Woman 2009

  • In the inexplicably long-running smutcom's fourth season, the grotesque Marcy Runkle (Pamela Adlon) is being romanced by big-time Hollywood producer Stu Beggs (Stephen Tobolowsky, aka Groundhog Day's Ned Ryerson, wasting his talent).

    Cheers & Jeers: Californication's Shameless Showtime Promo 2011

  • To be sure, today's teenage audiences live in a different world -- they are rocked by Gaga, romanced by lovelorn vampires, feel more comfortable chatting with each other on Facebook than they do in real life "IRL", and they know Jon Cryer as the other Two and a Half Man.

    Susannah Gora: Pretty in Pink at 25: Still a Class Act Susannah Gora 2011

  • To be sure, today's teenage audiences live in a different world -- they are rocked by Gaga, romanced by lovelorn vampires, feel more comfortable chatting with each other on Facebook than they do in real life "IRL", and they know Jon Cryer as the other Two and a Half Man.

    Susannah Gora: Pretty in Pink at 25: Still a Class Act Susannah Gora 2011

  • Bridges, best known for starring alongside brother Jeff Bridges in The Fabulous Baker Boys, most recently romanced Sally Field on the final season of Brothers & Sisters.

    White Collar Exclusive: Beau Bridges Cast as Peter's Mentor 2011

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