pet name

Example Sentences

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Outside is a bench dedicated to "Jennie Wren" – the family's pet name for her daughter – where Ms Moore often sits to reflect and allow memories from happier times to return.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

Under her relentless barrage of attention — including the pet name that gives the series its title — his life spirals out of control, and past traumas are unearthed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

He’ll botch a gig over his annoyance at not being allowed to call a stranger by a pet name she reserves for her closest friend.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

Roman knows who Mencken is, better than any of the Roys do; in Season 3, it was to him that Mencken expressed his openness to borrowing ideas from “H,” his pet name for Hitler.

From New York Times • May 15, 2023

I know he’s trying to be sweet, but his pet name for me suddenly feels annoying, like a box I want to get out of.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina