first love

Example Sentences

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Each is centered around her first love: her hometown of Tijuana, and its essential place in her journey.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

“You have to reinvent yourself. I’m going back to my first love, which is building products and serving customers.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

McCann's first love was football and, despite being an avid Toffee, she played for Liverpool before an ankle injury forced her retirement in 2010.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

"He was her first love and we still cannot believe it as there was no burial, the body was not recovered."

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

He is her third boyfriend but her first love.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario