dear
adjective
beloved or loved.
dears
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pluralof dear.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“We didn’t keep that,” she said, “but I loved learning what Lydia would do if she could. ‘Eyes forward dears, we are not sitting comfortably in a class room.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
I would think to myself, Oh, my dears, if you could only see who you are speaking to and how hard they work.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2024
By ingesting the chirpy little dears, Bergenkind seeks to internalize the little guys’ sunny joyfulness.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2016
Whatever competition it was, she would just pat us on the shoulders before we went on the ice and when we came off she would say, 'Well done, dears.'
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2011
Mr. Woodhouse came in, and very soon led to the subject again, by the recurrence of his very frequent inquiry of “Well, my dears, how does your book go on?—Have you got any thing fresh?”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
