endearment

Example Sentences

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"I've never really thought of it as an insult, more a term of endearment," he says.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

Other activists started to call them Grandma and Grandpa, pet names they’ve since adopted at home to replace traditional terms of endearment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

“Oma’s house is still there,” she said, using a term of endearment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 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

"Your language," the mother scolds absently, and then, as if the words were an endearment, she coos them at her granddaughter, "your language."

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez