dearness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“The dearness of my father, and the outrageous pleasure of being with him when he was in good form?”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 6, 2018
“Have I failed in fully representing the dearness and the pleasure?” she asked.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 6, 2018
“Have I failed in fully representing the dearness and the pleasure? The dearness of my father, and the outrageous pleasure of being with him when he was in good form?”
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2018
“Hitch-22” is among the loveliest paeans to the dearness of one’s friends — Mr. Hitchens’s close ones include Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and the poet James Fenton — I’ve ever read.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2010
He minds her death, is so sorry about it, but minded more the possibility of his memory failing to conjure up the dearness.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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