dear one
Example Sentences
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Now, I don’t think you would want a team from Malaysia, their investigative team, coming over and taking charge of an accident in which a dear one, a loved one, died of yours.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 23, 2019
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
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
“My dear one can carry it. She’s strong and eats all of her food.”
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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