first sight
Example Sentences
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He fell in love at first sight with an attorney named Clare, with whom he had a long and happy marriage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
It was love at first sight, an experience the now-63-year-old says he hadn’t had before—and hasn’t since.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Kennedy presented Kukita’s painting, and it was love at first sight for Kemp.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
Camille found something that she truly loved at first sight, an object that had an obvious purpose and function, two things that we’re not always so lucky to understand about ourselves.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
According to the soap operas, someday I would fall in love at first sight, but my love and I would suffer before we could be happy.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
