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Grammar : Adj

Spell : luhv-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌv ɪŋ

Definition of loving

Origin : Old English lufenda (see love (v.)). Loving cup is attested from 1808. Lovingkindness was Coverdale's word.

adj expressing adoration

Example sentences :

There is nothing but sorrow to be found in loving her, and her heart is no larger than her feet.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

It is an unequal bargain, where one side does all the loving.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Hope is infinitely better than you are, and I believe she is more capable of loving.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

It cannot be loving and spontaneous unless there is a natural impulse behind it.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

He must be kind with a common-sense kindness, loving with a common-sense love.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

One loving look from human eyes was more to her than the admiration of the world!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Luciana has just taken him to task for not loving her sister Adriana, who, she thinks, is his wife.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

This Antonio is as tender-hearted and loving as young Arthur.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

He remembered how she had stood there and looked at him with loving eyes.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

By loving the things of God, especially the Church and the Gospel.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

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