How to Use girlfriend in a Sentence

girlfriend

noun
  • She spends hours talking on the phone with her girlfriends.
  • My girlfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.
  • At the time, the woman had AirPods in and was on the phone with her girlfriend.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • In June, the performer got a tattoo of his girlfriend’s eye.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
  • And my girlfriend didn’t see the movie until the premiere in July.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Noah Lyles may be the fastest man on Earth right now, but he’s got all the support from his girlfriend.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Travis Kelce took a trip to the city of love to support his superstar girlfriend!
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024
  • In April, Sam brought his girlfriend to meet his dad and Robin got down on one knee and begged her to be her daughter-in-law.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
  • Crump said his girlfriend believed that the deputy had barged into the apartment.
    Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
  • The man, along with his niece and another person, picked up Bernal and his girlfriend.
    The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
  • Clark was in the Ram pickup with his girlfriend, according to Smith.
    Marilyn Heck, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Ben lies and says that he was matched with his girlfriend when he was truly matched with Devi.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 7 June 2023
  • However, my son has done this many times with other girlfriends/friends in the past.
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But a year later, the two would meet again at a party hosted by Beatty’s girlfriend of the time.
    Ilana Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • And then, the deluge: Was this, Owens asked, Sanderson hiking with his girlfriend?
    Mireille Silcoff, New York Times, 2 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, her girlfriend went to the music store where Chrissie traded the Melody Maker and bought it.
    Scott Cohen, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The actress took on the role of Olive Oyl, the girlfriend of Robin Williams’ titular character.
    Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
  • My girlfriend, Shauna, seeing where this might go, asked Daniel’s friend to drive her home.
    Maria A. Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The only thing sweeter than a donut is … a rat bringing one to his rodent girlfriend.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • What did the beluga say to his girlfriend on Valentine's Day?
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 19 Jan. 2023
  • He was born in the San Fernando Valley and went to Sacramento to be with a girlfriend.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • His girlfriend arc early in the series is painful, for instance.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In a 1950 letter to his girlfriend Ann, le Carré wrote that he had been captured, stripped naked, and beaten.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • His girlfriend was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher, who was giving her instruction on how to care for the boy, the man told police.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • His girlfriend, Kittiya Thuengsaeng, hung a picture of him outside her front door.
    Joe Parkinson, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Luke, who was one of the lead investigators on the case, said Hunter never called his girlfriend.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 12 May 2023
  • His girlfriend, who he’s been with for two years, has an adult daughter, so his wanting to be child-free isn’t an issue for them.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And then Lizzy, my still-then girlfriend, soon-to-be wife, went to graduate school in Los Angeles.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Lil’ Kim came into his section with a gaggle of girlfriends and squealed when Usher stopped by to give her a hug.
    Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The caller said his one-time girlfriend may have committed a murder.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023

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