Sentence examples for romantic purpose from inspiring English sources

But in its romantic purpose, its gallantry despite all odds, it is a very southern mission.

One, a Genoese lard merchant (Oliver Platt) who seems to be sculptured out of what he sells, is Francesca's intended husband, whom Casanova and his manservant (the brilliantly droll Omid Djalili) deflect from the romantic purpose of his trip.

(In fact, it is the foremost exporter of cocaine; another big business is flowers, whose production is so laughably at odds with the romantic purpose of the bloody things that you'll never want to see a bunch of roses again, unless you've picked them yourself. The flower business is revealed as pitifully paid, blindingly tedious, physically toxic and never unionised).

Upstairs are booths with curtains that can be drawn, presumably for romantic purposes.

In another example of the trend, destinations are encouraging couples to take trips around Feb. 14 for romantic purposes.

In 1890, the pier at Southend was gripped by an "Immorality Scare" as noisy complaints were raised about questionable characters using it after dark for nefarious (or, more likely, romantic) purposes.

But, of course, the empire isn't known for its love matches; the marriages of princes are affairs of state, arranged for diplomatic rather than romantic purposes, and Franz Joseph, finding his heir's choice unworthy of him and the regime, does his best to separate the tenderly giddy couple.

Land's End amusement park sounds like a hell hole so I'm not planning to hang around there, but instead to overshoot the mainland and arrive by ferry in the Isles of Scilly at around the time of a full moon; not for romantic purposes, but for reasons associated with planetary gravitational forces.

This pattern is present in various social networks [20, 21, 24] and suggests the role of this kind of communication for mating and romantic purposes.

For instance, community members who perceive that access to Wi-Fi or library phones is checked out to facilitate conversations between women and girls and male community members for romantic purposes could put beneficiaries or staff in additional harm.

Results indicated that the use of femmephobic language in dating profiles affects a potential partner's perceived intelligence, sexual confidence, and dateability, as well as one's desire to meet potential partners offline for friendship or romantic purposes.