sweetheart

Example Sentences

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She married her college sweetheart Larry King in 1965 and they divorced in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The example is from Ozu’s 1929 “Days of Youth,” in which a suitor gets paint on his hand, knows it, and gets panicky trying to hide it from his would-be sweetheart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The 41-year-old is raising money for charity in memory of his childhood sweetheart, Anneka, who was 33 when she died in 2019.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Now that her children are grown, Kaczmarek has recently entered a new phase of life, newly married to her high school sweetheart, with whom she reconnected during their 50th high school reunion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Even so, he did find true love again with his childhood sweetheart, Edith Carow, whom he married.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple