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beloved
/ bɪˈlʌvɪd; -ˈlʌvd /
adjective
- dearly loved
noun
- a person who is dearly loved, such as a wife or husband
Other Words From
- prebe·loved adjective noun
- super·be·loved adjective
- unbe·loved adjective
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
She has kept the left’s beloved Green New Deal at arm’s length too, as moderates fret about blowback.
The only privation we have these days is when one of our beloved brands goes mainstream and becomes easier to find in Ralph’s than at our mercaditos — I’m talking to you, Topo Chico.
Our chosen name StarTech recalls a beloved sci-fi TV series, and it’s remarkable that the top cast in both StarTech and Star Trek remained pretty much the same over the years, though for StarTech, the supporting players changed substantially.
Wilder’s beloved film noir, which he co-wrote with Charles Brackett, is one of those classics that stands the test of time.
Crystal Palace at the first world’s fair in 1851They’re iconic now, but the two beloved sculptures might easily never have been.
Jones is a veteran of another beloved-yet-controversial animated series on Adult Swim, The Boondocks.
You will have your beloved father back sooner than you think, and you can visit and communicate with him all the while.
Author J.K. Rowling says all religions are present at her beloved wizard school—except Wiccans.
Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.
Restaurant described latkes as “Mini hash browns,” which he thinks is why they are so universally beloved.
It seemed strange to me to be passing the room of my beloved Goethe, with our equally beloved Liszt!
Our beloved Queen had drawn the teeth of the Turkish counter-attack on our extreme left.
And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.
In his own person, he was now convinced of the truth of his father's charge against this once beloved Wharton.
Dame Dorothy Packington sent the trusty and well beloved Thos.
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