valentine

Example Sentences

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Analysts say the rest of the strategy often reads like a valentine rather than a sober national security communique.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Instead, a good 50% of the tracks retreat to safer ground - slowly strummed songs of devotion, packed with valentine card sentiments.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Eli Roth’s holiday slasher began as a fake trailer, sandwiched between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s segments of the 2007 exploitation movie valentine “Grindhouse.”

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

One girl, Maria, greets her “bestie” Harmony with an early valentine and receives a warm hug in return.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

And the valentine appeared again on the earth.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez