sweetheart

Example Sentences

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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

Those unfamiliar with Funches’ reputation as a sweetheart might have easily swallowed that, but people who love Funches really love him and rose to his defense on social media.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

The next year he married his high-school sweetheart, Lynne Anne Vincent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Family legend has it that the coin was given to Dixon by a sweetheart to serve as a good luck charm through the Civil War battles.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler