pet name
Example Sentences
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“I realized Larry was falling in love with me,” she told The Times in 1996, when he called her by a pet name while they were in rehearsals.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
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
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
“Blueback” gets its title from the pet name a young diver gives her aquatic playmate.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
The door shuts, which is when, with a slight quiver of recognition, as if he’d known it all along, the perfect pet name for his son occurs to Ashoke.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
