first love
Example Sentences
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The bust on sale depicts Daphne, Apollo's first love in Greek mythology, and is inscribed with the Latin phrase "me fecit Roma" - translating to "Rome made me".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The first love song on the album, it's inexplicably missing from the standard, 12-track edition.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The blush of first love inside the glow of new friendship is where “Girls Like Girls” works its easygoing charms, but also an affecting sadness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
And his first love has never forgotten him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
His fellow merchants had abandoned him, and his best friend had paid a fortune to hire the murder god of an accidental religion—Cid, who had been my first love.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
