sweetheart

Example Sentences

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Dedicated to his childhood sweetheart Paola Pugliese, it's a testament to their 34-year marriage.

From BBC • May 8, 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

She had entered college with dreams of becoming a lawyer, but had set aside that vision to marry her high-school sweetheart and raise children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

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

My sweetheart, released after three years without formal charges, was waiting here to raise the dead.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver