first love

Example Sentences

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Each is centered around her first love: her hometown of Tijuana, and its essential place in her journey.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Riakporhe, 36, only started boxing aged 19 and says football was his "first love" when he was growing up in south-east London.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

But I also think “Wuthering Heights” made it OK to be weird and raw in romance, to dig into those strange animal feelings that first love can conjure.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

For McCarthy, hockey was his first love -- until it wasn't.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

It was a busy, active life, but with little room for her first love: observation and discovery.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman