The meeting had become intimate in a way Abby wished to avoid.

What she wanted to ask wasn't intimate in the least.

Could it be that we've never been intimate in this version of reality?

"It was intimate in a way that even a poetry reading isn't."

We're a lot more intimate in a friendship than guys can be.

For the past 15 months, however, we have still been intimate in various ways.

You say that over the past 15 months the two of you have "been intimate in various ways".

But for them, we might have become intimate in the first half hour.

We're about to become more intimate than ever in bed.

You have a nice, light touch, but I've got something a little more intimate in mind.