girlfriend

Example Sentences

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But, she says, back in the 1990s, “if you weren’t the hot girlfriend or the young wife, which I just wasn’t, there really was only police officer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It sounds, from what you say in your letter, like your husband wants a girlfriend, not a wife.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

"The suspect resides at the location with his mother, who is the victim's girlfriend," a statement added.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

There was the time, just a few years later, when I re-loaded that same car to move from Illinois back to California, with a whole new girlfriend as my passenger.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Khalid would’ve been happy to know I have a girlfriend.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender