as in sweetheart
a person with whom one is in love
brought flowers home to his sweetie
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Recent Examples of sweetie
Meet Kelso, a big ol' poodle Kelso is the sweetest little sweetie.
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Megan Rose Dickey, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Our sweetie in the sixth spot is Flagstaff, Arizona.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
Avoid draining your bank account on your little sweetie with the best baby deals available at the Prime Day sale.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 16 July 2024
Bonding over their love for Essendon Football Club and Taylor Swift at the altar, these sweeties honestly pulled at our heartstrings with their authenticity.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 18 Apr. 2024
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Megan Rose Dickey, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Our sweetie in the sixth spot is Flagstaff, Arizona.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
Avoid draining your bank account on your little sweetie with the best baby deals available at the Prime Day sale.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 16 July 2024
Bonding over their love for Essendon Football Club and Taylor Swift at the altar, these sweeties honestly pulled at our heartstrings with their authenticity.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 18 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sweetie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweetie
Noun
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Well, an Oklahoma shelter is going the extra mile on this year’s sweetheart holiday.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2025
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In 1979, Jackson married his high school sweetheart, Denise Jackson (yep, same last name).—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2025
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Artificial intelligence has been the darling of the technology world for over two years, attracting several billions of dollars in capital.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Lions 41, Commanders 35 Los Angeles Rams at Philadelphia Eagles (Sunday, 3 p.m.) Wacker: The Rams could be the darlings of the playoffs.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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Of course, Joe and I discussed the difference and the relationship between noise and music, which was a theme dear to the futurists.—
Billboard Italy,
Billboard,
13 Jan. 2025
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Somehow the ethereal little dears were inapprehensible without words.—
Tom Wolfe,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Oct. 2024
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Even when monkeys regularly steal his pedas and rasgullas, two famous regional sweets made of sugar and condensed milk.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2025
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This means those festive sweets will have a less dramatic impact on your energy levels.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Sweetie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetie. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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