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Courted meaning

  1. Romantically pursued; wooed.
  2. Enticed by attractions from those who wish one's favor or attention.
  3. Encouraged; sought-after.

Using Courted

  • The main meaning on this page is: Romantically pursued; wooed. | Enticed by attractions from those who wish one's favor or attention. | Encouraged; sought-after.
  • In the example corpus, courted often appears in combinations such as: courted controversy, courted by, being courted.

Context around Courted

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Courted

  • In this selection, "courted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, charles, sometimes, long, controversy, few and noted stand out and add context to how "courted" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a while courted by politicians and aap government courted after merging. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "courted" sits close to words such as accelerates, allotment and ascended, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with courted

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

But the play also courted controversy. (6 words)

However, India has increasingly been courted by the West. (9 words)

Silva is a target for PSG and has previously been courted by Barcelona. (13 words)

The 43-year-old Goan-origin Cabinet minister has repeatedly courted controversy in her senior UK Cabinet role, most recently by accusing the Met Police of “playing favourites” when tackling aggressive Israel-Gaza protests in an article in ‘The Times. (40 words)

The Melanesian nations, which have been courted by China and the US for security and economic ties in the strategic South Pacific, will instead send ministers to the 18-member bloc meeting opening in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, on Monday. (39 words)

He sometimes courted controversy for his outspoken opinions about players including Manny Ramirez and Deion Sanders and later compared the New York Yankees’ treatment of their longtime ex-manager Joe Torre to notorious fascists regimes. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

And though private investors are being courted, few are willing to risk committing money now, as the conflict is entrenched.

Before Charles courted and married Diana, he had a short-lived romance with her older sister, Lady Sarah Spencer.

But the play also courted controversy.

He’s also sent eyebrows through the roof with news that NBA legend and TNT sportscaster Charles Barkley is being courted to appear on the network at prime time.

He sometimes courted controversy for his outspoken opinions about players including Manny Ramirez and Deion Sanders and later compared the New York Yankees’ treatment of their longtime ex-manager Joe Torre to notorious fascists regimes.

However, India has increasingly been courted by the West.

In her later years, Tillie continued to socialize and courted noted gentlemen, Ben, Irving, and Marvin, who kept her smiling.

In violation of its own stated policy, however, Washington has long courted Taipei, and its secessionist president Tsai Ing-wen, in part to unnerve Beijing.

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It was also the place where King first met and courted Coretta Scott, who was earning her master’s degree at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Led by the Rev. Jim Jones, he was a real force in San Francisco for a while, courted by politicians.

Mate has also courted the wrong sort of attention when it comes to politics.

Not too much is known about their personalities in their previous lives as they courted on the Moon Kingdom, just that they quickly became devoted to each other.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Sudhakar Singh courted controversy Monday when he compared Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to Shikhandi, a character from the Mahabharata, to say Kumar had “ no standing of his own”.

Silva is a target for PSG and has previously been courted by Barcelona.

The 43-year-old Goan-origin Cabinet minister has repeatedly courted controversy in her senior UK Cabinet role, most recently by accusing the Met Police of “playing favourites” when tackling aggressive Israel-Gaza protests in an article in ‘The Times.

The film based on the Hindu epic, Ramayana has courted controversy in Nepal and India over its plots and dialogues.

The Melanesian nations, which have been courted by China and the US for security and economic ties in the strategic South Pacific, will instead send ministers to the 18-member bloc meeting opening in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, on Monday.

This comes amid another controversy that the AAP government courted after merging the staff of many primary health centres, even as panchayats objected to the move strongly.

Those voters are also being courted by other candidates, including former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 25, has been the best pitcher in Japanese baseball the past three seasons and is being courted by the Yankees, the Mets and other clubs.

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Common combinations with courted

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "courted" in a sentence?
An example: "And though private investors are being courted, few are willing to risk committing money now, as the conflict is entrenched." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "courted" from authentic English texts.
What does "courted" mean?
Courted means: Romantically pursued; wooed.
How many example sentences with "courted" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "courted", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.