They came as she was trying to fend off his romantic overtures, which she considered inappropriate.
Spencer and Grace were playing romantic overtures inside the band.
However, he also holds up a sign for his picture making a romantic overture to a random blonde woman he'd met in Scranton.
Despite initial friction, the two quickly establish a rapport (with the usual romantic overtures).
Quite unintentionally, eve teasing does sound like a "mild romantic overture".
Flirting is a playful, romantic or sexual overture by one person to another.
Finch met Kingsmill and fell in love with her, but she at first resisted his romantic overtures.
That time, however, she had rebuffed his romantic overture.
Elizabeth regains her sight and makes romantic overtures toward Frail.
Although he initially resists any romantic overtures, she convinces him to relate the story of his career.