loved one
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of loved one
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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“To a four-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.”
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
“But it should be the tragic exception that you cut off a parent or loved one, not business as usual in therapy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
For many of the hundreds of families involved in the largest maternity scandal in NHS history, the suffering did not end with the loss of a baby or loved one.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
At the same time, employees are staying in the workforce longer, increasing the likelihood they will simultaneously be working and taking care of an aging loved one.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
What flooded Sarai was the emotion of everyone ever left behind, every family member or fiancé, childhood sweetheart or best friend who could do nothing but surrender as their loved one was taken up.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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