endearment
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They teased me and called me Dogface, a term of endearment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Aidar had called the capybara “princess” in a way that sounded like a term of endearment for all female capybaras, so I asked for the capybara’s formal name.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Known among friends and colleagues as “Tío Felix,” a familial term of endearment, Contreras has been a dedicated reporter for close to 50 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
Their chemistry and understanding of Cuban culture hits different when they pronounce “Paramount+” like a Cuban uncle and it's always from a place of endearment instead of ridicule.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024
She felt a tug of endearment and coughed to cover it up.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Ah, Valentine’s Day … A day for cardiac-themed tokens, embossed endearments and sugary sweet love — or, in other words, conversation hearts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
“You can even use the person’s terms of endearments in your self-compassion self-talk to marshal in the person’s presence,” Abdullah says.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022
Is there anything real or concrete behind these whispered endearments, these blatant displays of affection, this slathered-on score?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
I chose instead to listen to the sounds: the festive hums of long-ago baptisms and weddings, the quarreling cacophony over land and livestock, the halting endearments among those laid side by side.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
So I tried to store every one of these endearments about Rich in my memory, and I planned to call upon them again when the time was necessary.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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