first love

Example Sentences

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Then you show the billionaire who, even with all the money in the world, is crying at the graveside of her first love, filled with regret.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

And his first love has never forgotten him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The flowers were painstakingly hand-sewn onto the fabric by Claudia Vazquez, a 43-year-old Zapotec Indigenous woman who told AFP she had nearly given up on embroidery, her first love.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

Along with their friends, we've followed all the ups and downs of their relationship as they navigated family drama, homophobia and mental health issues, alongside the joy of first love.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

“The glory of first love, and all that. It’s incredible, isn’t it, the difference between reading about something, seeing it in the pictures, and experiencing it?”

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer