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Writers have long employed the word “loving” to evoke a deep sense of warmth, care, and sometimes irony in human relations. It can describe genuine intimacy—as in a tender embrace or the heartfelt affection of a family member ([1], [2], [3])—or be used to underscore a noble quality in leadership and friendship ([4], [5], [6]). At times, “loving” extends beyond mere tenderness to capture a passionate or even self-effacing devotion ([7], [8], [9]). Conversely, its use can be subtly ironic, hinting at insincerity or the complexities of human emotion ([10], [11], [12]). This multifaceted term thus enriches literary expression, allowing authors to imbue both characters and narratives with layered emotional dimensions.
  1. We were closely entwined in a loving embrace.
    — from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous
  2. For nine weeks Miss Anthony sat by his bedside giving the service of a born nurse, added to the gentleness of a loving sister.
    — from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper
  3. Go on, dear, patiently and bravely, and always believe that no one sympathizes more tenderly with you than your loving... Mother "That does me good!
    — from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  4. "The rule of George Third," declared the press, "was gracious and loving compared to such tyranny."
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  5. A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
    — from The Bible, King James version, Book 20: Proverbs by Anonymous
  6. Why should there not be found among them one single genuine martyr suffering under a great and holy idea and loving humanity with all his heart?
    — from The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  7. Then how can you, O my own husband, stop loving me?" "I repeat, the woman I have been loving is not you.
    — from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy
  8. If now, having lost the power of satisfying my passion, I had lost too that of loving you, I should have some consolation.
    — from Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Peter Abelard and Héloïse
  9. Happiness is only in loving and wishing her wishes, thinking her thoughts, that is to say, not freedom at all—that’s happiness!”
    — from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy
  10. Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.
    — from As You Like It by William Shakespeare
  11. The above sentences are written time and again by persons who are utterly unconscious that they are not expressing a friendly or loving thought.
    — from Etiquette by Emily Post
  12. But, madam, I must trouble you again No loving token to his Majesty?
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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