dear

Example Sentences

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“I’m cracking up,” says Small over Zoom from her Cooperstown, N.Y., home, “because I had no idea whatsoever that that movie was coming out until my dear sister informed me via you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

May I order you a pine-tree air freshener, my dear?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The American pope, who became head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics in May, is a vocal defender of migrants, an issue which was also dear to his predecessor Pope Francis.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

A clumsy collision with opposite number Kyle Steyn while contesting a high ball in the Scotland defeat earned Arundell a 20-minute red card and cost England dear.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

“I wonder, my dear, if I could trouble you to deliver that watch yourself?”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom