chérie
noun
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
chérie
1 American
[shey-ree]
/ ʃeɪˈri /
noun
French.
plural
chéries
Cherie
2
American
[sher-ee]
/ ˈʃɛr i /
Or
Cheri
noun
Example Sentences
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Seeing me coming in the door, Mrs. Levy-Cohen exclaims, “It’s always wonderful, chérie, to see you walking!”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
She skips away in her black go-go boots and halfway down the block she turns around and smiles at me and says, “Bye, chérie, bye, bye.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
Cer—certainly, chérie; but don't try to talk just yet.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore
Do not go from here, chérie; talk to the General till I return, which will not be long.
From The Slave of Silence by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
I'm afraid not, chérie," said Roger, "I must get to work, you know.
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
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