dear friend

Example Sentences

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Iommi said he was "absolutely devastated" to have lost "a very dear friend".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Addressing Xi as his "dear friend", Putin expressed a similar message, saying "the foreign policy alliance between Moscow and Beijing remains an important stabilising factor".

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The clue is in the question, my dear friend, as Lady Whistledown might say.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

A dear friend of mine, a former pastry chef, makes tiny zines each year featuring two or three holiday cookie recipes.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025

"How has my lovely and persuasive sister gotten Robert to agree to the imprisonment of his dear friend Ned?"

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin