Nonromantic

Sanford also told the AP of two nonromantic encounters, including their first meeting in 2001 in Uruguay and getting coffee in New York during the 2004 Republican National Convention. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To distract potential customers from the nonromantic side of combining a gift of jewelry with the freeway shutdown, Mr. Guerboian says he will encourage clients to Think of it not like 'Oh, the highway is closed, and I got this necklace.' ❋ Tamara Audi (2011)

To explain this further, two groups of people were asked to look at pictures of both romantic loved ones and nonromantic friends. ❋ Dr. Tim Clinton (2010)

Or triangles that involve nonromantic relationships? ❋ Bryan Gruley (2010)

The practical, colonial idea of marriage—a nonromantic agreement between two people whose obligations were to have children, keep house, and perhaps clear the land—had more or less been cast aside. ❋ Susan Cheever (2010)

"I think the truth of the matter is that the two of them, in a nonromantic way, are a good couple," Lee said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even the habits that young people form with nonromantic companions can change the way they relate to their future spouses. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A suspenseful and psychologically complex Booker Prize-winner www.themanbookerprize.com about a 39-year-old English bride-to-be who walks away from her wedding at the last minute and, as Anne Tyler wrote, finds “a nonromantic, wryly realistic appreciation of her single state.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

And Hotel du Lac still one of the best modern novels in which, as Anne Tyler wrote, the heroine finds “a nonromantic, wryly realistic appreciation of her single state.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

Until now she had always thought of herself as the ultimate cynic, a bona fide nonromantic. ❋ Porter, Jane (2006)

One study compared the brain activity of subjects looking at pictures of loved ones versus pictures of nonromantic friends. ❋ Steven Johnson (2004)

Love, both romantic and nonromantic, demands a great deal of consideration in a book about discontent. ❋ Barrie Dolnick (2003)