loved one

Example Sentences

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Would you buy an emotionally intelligent robot to look after a loved one?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

"If an individual griever wishes to use digital remains to remember their loved one, that is their grief, and we should not question or criticise other people's needs and preferences in mourning," she added.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Their reunion is surreal because it’s predicated on their mutual ability to admit fault, something that few of us have the opportunity to do after we walk away from a loved one scorned.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Grieving often prompts frantic spelunking missions—rereading old letters or texts, scouring your camera roll and random social media accounts for any scrap of a memory of your loved one.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

It puzzled her, the ability of romantic love to mutate, how quickly a loved one could become a stranger.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie