sweetheart

Example Sentences

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He married his college sweetheart, with whom he would have triplet sons, and joined Exxon as a research engineer in Tulsa, Okla., in 1963.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

She married her college sweetheart Larry King in 1965 and they divorced in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Ashleigh Stanley did not bother with make-up when she tied the knot with childhood sweetheart Jake Stanley, 29, at Llanerch Vineyard in Hensol, Vale of Glamorgan.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

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

But the sweetheart neckline did nothing for her athletic figure.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence