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Meanings of lovemaking in English

Sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people.

Usage of lovemaking in English
1
Good lovemaking is physically demanding-especiallyin species where females take additional mates.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
2
After their easy lovemaking, Richard and Nicole held hands and said nothing.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
3
Now that she knew what lovemaking entailed, she wanted to experience everything.
The viking takes a knight
4
Adventurous Accessories does promote its products as enhancements to a couple's lovemaking.
Good girls don't
5
Although Phil desired Heather, he seldom sustained an active satisfying lovemaking session.
From dawn to deceit
6
The lovemaking is all the more furious when your husband gets back.
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
7
He could hear her breathing softly and was reminded of their lovemaking.
Big sky standoff
8
Her head was spinning from the champagne and from their intoxicating lovemaking.
"Undo": A Novel
9
Treia and Raegar finally ended their lovemaking, for which Wulfe was grateful.
Bones of the Dragon
10
We returned to the hotel and our lovemaking had a desperate quality.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
11
You would prefer that we delay our lovemaking until we become reacquainted.
The Dragon King’s Palace
12
Carl Meason's lovemaking left her cold; somehow she hardly thought it real.
The Rider in Khaki: A Novel
13
He must have sensed that my mind was not on our lovemaking.
Beautiful assassin
14
When this strange lovemaking ended, she would always glance at the clock.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
15
But the lovemaking she dreamed of-rememberingnow-wasnothing that I had shared.
The Hyperion Cantos
16
Then they abandoned themselves to lovemaking, monitoring, and occasional nights of drunkenness.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common