Young people can recognize this about romantic love, but they find it hard to accept the same fierce element in parental affection.
But she had not expected to cross an ocean, enter a new and romantic-sounding country, and find herself in exactly the same position.
Now Marina was a romantic, she had not yet fallen into that passive state of mind which accepts that one should find a corner to live, anywhere, and then arrange one's whole life around it.
Whatever the origin is, Valentine's Day has had a long and romantic history.
"Nice person," that's the word girls used to call men to indicate that they aren't possible objects of romantic interest.
I imagined my first kiss would be more romantic.
He, if anything, is the romantic type.
I found the film romantic.
He was something of a poet and used to write romantic poems.
Bill just wanted to comfort Monica, but she interpreted it as romantic interest.
He's a very romantic boyfriend who brings me flowers each night.
Music started playing in the restaurant so there was a real romantic mood.
The poet Keats belongs to the Romantic school.
I went to the South Pacific for a summer of romantic adventure.