have a crush on

Example Sentences

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He is in the same one-on-one essay sessions with Oliver and their professor, but Farleigh gets out of doing schoolwork by talking about his mom whom the professor used to have a crush on.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023

I didn't have a crush on him at all, but that isn't even the point.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

“When you have a crush on somebody, you’re like, ‘I don’t know whether they like me back!

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023

People write “lol” online while sitting silently at their keyboards, and fans who think “I have a crush on Harry Styles” will instead write “I want Harry Styles to run me over with his car.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022

“You and Katherine have been hanging out together a lot. Do you still have a crush on her?”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix