How do you use the word "kiss" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "kiss" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "kiss": I never see her without wanting to kiss her. Beth will not allow Chris to kiss her because he is terribly dirty.

Kiss Meaning

/kɪs/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.

verbTo (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.

Sentence Examples

I never see her without wanting to kiss her.

Beth will not allow Chris to kiss her because he is terribly dirty.

Come here and give me a kiss!

CEFR Practice Quiz

Before leaving for work, he gave his wife a gentle ____ on the cheek.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The mother gave her young child a gentle ____ on the forehead before she tucked him into bed tonight.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English kissen, kussen, from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), from Proto-West Germanic *kussijan, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (“to kiss”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian küsje, Dutch kussen, German Low German küssen, German küssen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål kysse, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kyssa. Compare Proto-Indo-European *ku-, *kus- (probably imitative), with byspels including Ancient Greek κύσσω (kússō), poetic form of κύσω (kúsō, “to kiss”), and Hittite [script needed] (kuwassanzi, “they kiss”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"He […] kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed." — c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

"I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject." — 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

"But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them." — 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

"I kissed a girl and I liked it / The taste of her cherry chapstick / I kissed a girl just to try it / I hope my boyfriend don't mind it" — 2008 April 28, Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Cathy Dennis, “I Kissed a Girl”, in One of the Boys, performed by Katy Perry:

"Like fire and powder, / Which as they kiss consume." — c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:

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