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Examples of sweetheart in a Sentence
Be a sweetheart and help your grandmother.
She is such a little sweetheart.
Recent Examples of sweetheart from the Web
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The Holbrook, N.Y., resident was still hurting from the loss of her husband, Cesare, who was her high school sweetheart and to whom she was married for half a century.
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Dake and his wife were high school sweethearts, his obituary states.
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Papageno also finds a sweetheart, and everyone lives happily ever after.
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Ryan Gosling, unanimous sweetheart of the Internet, is an online phenomenon all on his own — but what if there were two of him?
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And as Donald Trump’s Hyatt rose, so too did the hidden hand of his attorney Roy Cohn, always there to help with the shady tax abatements, the zoning variances, the sweetheart deals, and the threats to those who might stand in the project’s way.
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Americans are outraged by the last-minute, closed-door, sweetheart deals that were made to gain the slimmest margin for passage of a bill that’s about their health care.
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The sweetheart of the Givenchy archive, however, was Audrey Hepburn.
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John and Diane grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and were high school sweethearts.
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First Known Use of sweetheart
14th century
sweetheart Synonyms
Synonyms
beloved, darling, dear, flame, hon, honey, love, squeeze [slang], sweet, sweetie, sweetie pie, trueloveRelated Words
beau, boy, boyfriend, fellow, man, swain; gal, girl, girlfriend, inamorata, ladylove, lass, mistress, tootsie; amour, lover, paramour; doll, duck (s) [chiefly British], pet; date, escort, steady; admirer, gallant, suitor, wooer; groom, husband; bride, wife; significant other; fiancé, intended; crush, heartthrobNear Antonyms
bust, disappointment, dud, failure, flop, lemon, letdown, loser, stinker, turkeyDefinition of sweetheart
:of or relating to an agreement between an employer and a labor union official arranged privately for their benefit usually at the expense of the workers
- a sweetheart contract
- a sweetheart deal
First Known Use of sweetheart
1942
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SWEETHEART Defined for English Language Learners
sweetheart
play
noun
Definition of sweetheart for English Language Learners
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: a person you love very much
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—used to address someone you love
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: a kind or helpful person : someone who is very nice
SWEETHEART Defined for Kids
sweetheart
play
noun
sweet·heart
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ˈswēt-ˌhärt
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Definition of sweetheart for Students
:a person whom someone loves
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