sweetheart

Example Sentences

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The example is from Ozu’s 1929 “Days of Youth,” in which a suitor gets paint on his hand, knows it, and gets panicky trying to hide it from his would-be sweetheart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Now that her children are grown, Kaczmarek has recently entered a new phase of life, newly married to her high school sweetheart, with whom she reconnected during their 50th high school reunion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

He had two sons from his first marriage to his high school sweetheart Dianne Holechek, which lasted 30 years, and a son and a daughter with his second wife Gena O'Kelley.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

I hate it when movies shrink a global rescue quest just to the main character’s need to save their own sweetheart or child.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Jessica Everett, America’s tabloid sweetheart, beloved for her great legs and even greater hair.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray