Sentence examples for arrow of love from inspiring English sources

Vermeer could not say more clearly that the arrow of love has smitten the smiling woman.

But in the day, it was also a surging paean to Amazonian womanhood pierced by the arrow of love.

For example, in the German language it is called a Liebespfeil or "love arrow", and in the Czech language it is šíp lásky (which means "arrow of love").

His aunt Aphrodite, a phone-sex worker, sabotages him by having her son Eros shoot him with an arrow of love, making him fall for a very ordinary mortal-a cleaning woman named Alice, who happens to be in love with Neil, another nice, retiring mortal.

IF Cupid ever gets himself a pickup truck, some chest hair, a barstool for an address and his share of woman trouble, he can put down his bow and quiver of love arrows -- country music will become his weapon of choice.

He's the mischievous matchmaker in all the paintings - the winged Roman god of love whose arrows kindle desire when we least expect it.

Sylvia, enraged by amorous attentions, aims an arrow at a statue of Eros, god of love.

In the parking lot across the way, an arrow on a cardboard sign points to "Circle of Love Fellowship — At the Warehouse".

"Of course, arrows are also commonly associated with Cupid, the Roman god of love, so it is often used as a symbol of passion, affection, or love.

In his anger, Kama (Cupid, the god of love, also called Manmata) assailed Shiva with his arrows only to be cursed by Shiva and separated from his beloved.

The moment when the thought suddenly darts through Emma, "with the speed of an arrow", that "Mr Knightley must marry no one but herself" is one of the most credible recognitions of love in all literature.