courtship

How To Use courtship In A Sentence

• For example, several species of birds such as bowerbirds, widowbirds, cock-of-the-rocks, birds of paradise, peacock-pheasants, and manakins build or clear courts used as arenas during elaborate courtship displays to females.
• Male bowerbirds construct elaborately decorated bowers (which are not nests, but courtship arenas) and females prefer builders of higher quality bowers as mates.
• Studies by a scientist at the University of Maryland show that male bowerbirds modify their courtship rituals based on the females' body language.
• Satin bowerbird courtship involves behavioral displays by males, which may be both beneficial and costly for females, and may favor female signaling.
• Scepticism failed to save her from scenting danger in the ardent courtship of a rich young Philadelphian.
• This may be due to the cheetah's prolonged courtship behavior, which requires extensive territory.
• The courtship rituals of cranes are elaborate: paired birds spread their wings and leap repeatedly into the air while calling.
• Highly romantic courtships don't guarantee living happily ever after, but they are associated with a longer road to divorce.
• A more light-minded woman than Anna Reynolds might have swooned at the romance of this troubled courtship.
• Formation of pair bonds begins in October with courtship displays continuing until mating takes place, usually in March.