loving
feeling or showing love and affection
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,998 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,986 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- feeling or showing love and affection loving parentsloving glances
loving in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The loving touch was too much for tired Drusilla.
Drusilla with a Million · Elizabeth Cooper · Chapter 1
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This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
The Fortune of the Rougons · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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And we should disturb that loving couple in the library and the bridge-players in the drawing-room.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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I saw now that I loved her as I had not dreamed myself capable of loving.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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Sleep, soldiers! still in honoured rest Your truth and valour wearing: The bravest are the tenderest,-- The loving are the daring.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1