first love
Example Sentences
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I’m a portrait photographer at heart, and portraiture is my first love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
She contrasts this with her first love in high school—a relationship, she says, that was “imperfect, messy, alive.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
McCann's first love was football and, despite being an avid Toffee, she played for Liverpool before an ankle injury forced her retirement in 2010.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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
I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
