Just as I did in January, the following sentences use word selections from the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary Words-of-the-Day. Each one includes my romantic example, personally written by me, for every day in the month of February. It is fitting that this is the month of love, Valentine’s Day!

Please enjoy the following romantic sentences. I hope they all bring a smile to your face, and I hope even more that love will fill your heart in the month of March.

Love, Gentleman Dave (author Dave A. Gardener)

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1. Damask (shiny fabric) Wrapping herself head to toe in Chinese silk damask, she stepped out onto the balcony to surprise him.

2. Prognosticate (predict or foreshadow) He prognosticated the best possible scenario of the evening and with his lover in hand, set out to make her wish come true.

3. Acquisitive (desire to acquire) No longer pining for expensive things that meant nothing in the end, she traded in her acquisitive nature for a lust for him and him alone.

4. Zeitgeber (the cause of resetting the biological clock) Her letter thwarted his plans to leave, for reading that she loved him became the zeitgeber that spun the time that he had lost back into his favor.

5. Gratuitous (excessively unnecessary) Throughout the evening, their gratuitous habit of yanking each other away for a kiss every five minutes was seen a juvenile gesture by others, but not to them.

6. Signet (seal of authority) She gasped at the recognition that her love letter had been sealed with the prince’s own signet ring.

7. Absolve (to free from guilt) Fretting and waiting in the rain was all she could do as the tears flowed, but her one mistake had been instantly absolved the moment he showed up and embraced her.

8. Fissile (material capable of being split) Like fissile wood that splits down the grain, her heart tore in half the day he left, but years later he returned and her heart finally knew healing.

9. MacGuffin (something that keeps the plot moving) It was her diamond necklace that was the MacGuffin that brought them together, but some claimed it was destiny.

10. Callous (uncaring) His callous remark went unheeded as she headed out the door to a better place, a better life.

11. Quirk (unusual habit) He loved her with all of her quirks and peculiar habits that she abhorred, but which he completely and utterly adored.

12. Inveigh (complain vehemently) When she found him with the other woman, she could have inveighed against his infidelity, but instead took matters into her own hands and socked him right on the chin.

13. Maladroit (incompetent people) His maladroit way of arranging the setting of their first date in the living room of his parents’ house became the joke that they rehashed year after year.

14. Cupid (the baby with a bow and arrow) She insisted that it was not Cupid who had drawn them together on Valentine’s Day, but rather the fact that she had forgotten her purse in his car.

15. Enervate (sap one’s strength) The argument had enervated her to the point of collapsing to the couch on her face while still in her ball gown.

16. Turbid (muddiness, cloudiness) Walking along the banks of the river proved an invaluable exercise in order to clear her turbid mind that could think of nothing but him.

17. Rapport (good relationship) They had created a genuine rapport from the beginning and only grew as friends from that moment on.

18. Fathom (understand) How could she ever fathom why her boyfriend had decided to wear Bermuda shorts and a plaid bow tie on the night of her most important reception to billion-dollar clients?

19. Prestigious (holding respect and admiration for being successful) “What matters to me is not those prestigious medals pinned on your broad chest or how many prestigious universities you’ve graduated from, with whose highest honors I couldn’t care less. I only care if you know how to please a woman.”

20. Buttress (supports or strengthens) When he broke his promise and cheated on her with her best friend, she vehemently wrenched the support system out from under him, leaving him high and dry, effectively kicking his buttress from here to Timbuktu.

21. Lampoon (ridicule with satire) After the troll lampooned her on social media, her boyfriend tracked him down and kicked his buttress from here to Timbuktu.

22. Haggard (appearing tired bc of worry or pain) Arriving home in her haggard state, she assumed he would want nothing to do with her, but instead she found him stoking the fireplace in the living room where dinner for two had already been set out.

23. Opprobrium (strong disapproval or criticism) Despite the deeply hurtful opprobrium of the villagers, she was saved by the prince who whisked her away in his carriage to the castle beyond the hills.

24. Voracious (excessively eager) Being a voracious reader since childhood helped her to win the heart of the stuffy professor who adored her taste in 18th century poetry.

25. Caterwaul (complain noisily) There was only one way to stop her incessant caterwauling about insignificant things, and that was to kiss her and stifle her tongue with his own.

26. Retinue (group of helpers or followers) Running hand-in-hand down the cobblestone path, they laughed as they outran the paparazzi and the entire retinue that pursued them.

27. Translucent (clear or transparent) It was not her dress or her beautiful face that won his heart, but her translucent heart that revealed her unwavering love for animals and all of humanity as a whole.

28. Jeopardy (in danger of losing something) Although she had put it all on the line for their relationship, placing even her very life in jeopardy with her disapproving parents, it was worth it in the end; her parents came around and finally gave her their blessing.

29. Demean (to disrespect) All of her past boyfriends and even family members had demeaned her to the point that she no longer knew who she was anymore, until she met him and her entire world changed. Then she he knew she was loved. Then she knew she was somebody special.