Dear John letter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On this record, “Red Eye Flight” could be a goodbye to a lover, or it could be a Dear John letter to addiction.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025
Did anybody else find it terribly coincidental that Urban Meyer got a Dear John letter from the Jaguars on college football’s National Letter of Intent Day?
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021
Saltzman was already on a spiritual quest in the country when he was wrecked by a Dear John letter.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2020
I think in some ways it’s a Dear John letter to femininity.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2018
I had been right about her writing him a Dear John letter, and it really messed him up.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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