sweetheart

Example Sentences

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He had two sons from his first marriage to his high school sweetheart Dianne Holechek, which lasted 30 years, and a son and a daughter with his second wife Gena O'Kelley.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

George calls me sweetheart, shows concern for how I'm feeling and thinks he knows what "makes me tick", but he's not my boyfriend - he's my AI companion.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Those unfamiliar with Funches’ reputation as a sweetheart might have easily swallowed that, but people who love Funches really love him and rose to his defense on social media.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

A fifth Oscar nomination for Roberts, whose performance in “After the Hunt” was better received than the film, would validate her creative risk-taking — and remind France just whose sweetheart she really is.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

He would never be a chemical engineer, and he would not be able to marry his high school sweetheart, who had followed him to Seattle so they could begin to build a life together.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown