sweetheart

Example Sentences

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Grande was previously married to real estate agent Dalton Gomez, while Slater had been married to psychologist Lilly Jay, his high-school sweetheart with whom he shares a child.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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

Nottingham Crown Court heard Fox married his "childhood sweetheart" while in a coma in hospital before he died.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

She had entered college with dreams of becoming a lawyer, but had set aside that vision to marry her high-school sweetheart and raise children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“One less page for his sweetheart tomorrow,” I hear her say.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank