dearest
Example Sentences
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Your nearest and dearest may be aware you do it, but you don’t discuss it with strangers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
My husband and I watch “Love Is Blind” with one of those nearest and dearest, and we three approach each season like rabid sports fans who are only in it to yell at the TV.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
Singer-songwriter Kate Bush paid tribute to 64-year-old Upham, who she said was one of her "very dearest friends" who she had known for 30 years.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
As long as you and your wife have enough set aside for retirement, keep living the dream and passing it along to your nearest and dearest.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
It was purely for Linda’s sake, she would insist—her oldest and dearest friend, a woman who’d only been trying to do right by this baby and now, because of Mia, was having her heart broken.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
