dear

Example Sentences

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It took several years but I did return, and continue to visit places there that are dear to my heart.

From BBC

"I looked at my flat, slender belly in the mirror like a dear friend upon whom I was about to close a coffin lid," she later recalled.

From BBC

That’s diversity, the melting pot, the freedom we hold dear to be whatever we are.

From Los Angeles Times

"We are heartbroken to announce the passing of Nottingham Forest legend and dear friend, John Robertson," said the club statement.

From Barron's

That Guthrie obsessively checks the naval news is seen as a mysterious quirk; no one poses the obvious question of whether someone dear to him might be at sea.

From The Wall Street Journal