dearie

Example Sentences

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Only this time, dearie me, the end could be in sight as the airline has just been sold.

From BBC • May 28, 2025

The clerk replied, “‘Oh, don’t worry dearie, all the boys buy their clothes from us,’” he recounted in an interview with the Age newspaper in Melbourne.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2023

The Scottish lament, “Sleep, dearie, sleep,” echoed through the abbey as the service drew to a close and the coffin was carried to a naval gun carriage for the trip.

From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Chorus: Oh dearie me / Something bad / Is happening / In the jungle / And in the heavens.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2010

"Will you be coming in, dearie? Or will you be stopping out there in the rain?"

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman