valentine

Example Sentences

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Analysts say the rest of the strategy often reads like a valentine rather than a sober national security communique.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Instead, a good 50% of the tracks retreat to safer ground - slowly strummed songs of devotion, packed with valentine card sentiments.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Other jobs followed, she recalled in an interview, allowing her to mail $100 enclosed in a valentine to her father.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

It was customary when I was in grade school to bestow a valentine upon every person in one’s class.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

Along the edge of the path is a thicket of weeds: goldenrod, ragweed, asters, burdocks, deadly nightshade, its berries red as valentine candies.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood