dear one
Example Sentences
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The November post has since received dozens of replies, with one reading: "So saddening. Sending my deepest condolences to the family. Rest in peace, dear one."
From Fox News • Jan. 11, 2019
They don’t find the spider kids, though, who are quickly closing in on Kelly’s dear one, Zach.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2015
They write with, poetic frankness: “When your dear one came to us from the night, it was so unbelievable, haunting and desperately sad.”
From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2014
A: I hope you don't also wire money to strangers who send you emails that begin, "My darling dear one, I have had some financial troubles lately."
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2011
So, dear one, I have grown old now and my Niels is gone.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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