How to Use sweetheart in a Sentence
sweetheart
noun- She is such a little sweetheart.
- Be a sweetheart and help your grandmother.
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To the shock of Jennifer's friends, Lopez was her high school sweetheart and date to the prom.
—Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
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For dessert, there’s a choice of a whiskey sundae or a sweetheart tart.
—Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
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Nora walks her childhood sweetheart down the block, puts him in a cab.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
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Both were married for more than 40 years to their high school sweethearts.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
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Every year for Valentine's Day, lovers around the world pull out all the stops for their sweethearts.
—Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
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Looking for a craft to send to your sweetheart this Valentine's Day?
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
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Cheers to another year around the sun with my sweetheart.
—Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
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This guy, who has the cutest ears, is a total sweetheart and does very well in his kennel.
—Teryn Jones, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
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Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 30 Dec. 2022
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Though long married to his wife Lisa, Larkin's high school sweetheart was far from a Moeller fan.
—Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 18 July 2022
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Don’t tell the Happy Gilmore fans, but Adam Sandler might be a straight-up sweetheart?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2023
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The singer married his high school sweetheart, Cherry Seaborn, back in 2019.
—Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News, 20 May 2022
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Gomez grew up in a small town outside Fresno and planned to join the Navy and marry his high school sweetheart.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2023
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Wally was by then a lawyer who had married a high school sweetheart.
—New York Times, 26 July 2022
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Get sporty If your sweetheart isn’t one to sit still, fuel their fire with a sporty outing.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
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Oh, and a reunion with season 1 sweetheart Cam Cameron.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 July 2023
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The film stars Andrea Brooks and Patch May as former college sweethearts who team up on a new project.
—Mike Rose, cleveland, 21 July 2023
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It is designed to make the most of cool evenings and is perfect for wooing your high school sweetheart who has just moved back to town.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
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Turner was sentenced to probation as part of the sweetheart plea deal in April 2022.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023
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For the show's leading man, Turner is looking for love again after the death of his wife and high school sweetheart, Toni.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
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High school sweethearts at Apollo High School in Owensboro, the duo met through marching band.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
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The former costars, who played high school sweethearts Brooke and Lucas, don’t appear to be in touch much anymore.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023
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Reserve a lane and get competitive with your sweetheart.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
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Show your sweetheart, friends, and family some love with one of these arrangements.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 11 Feb. 2026
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The couple are middle school sweethearts, having met in their home state of North Carolina.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
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Your sweetheart might love plants but not necessarily a fan of cut flowers.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Feb. 2026
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The appearance keeps Amal Clooney’s sweetheart streak going strong.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 Feb. 2026
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Six years ago, at my 40th high school reunion, a few former classmates asked me about my old high school sweetheart.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
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