Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
Yes, ma chérie," they seemed to say; "Bear up, I am bearing up.
From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
"Yes, you have hurt me, ma chérie," she replied, leaning now her cheek against Karen's head.
From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
"Better, far better, ma chérie; I have met a man who would be a King!"
From A Son of the Immortals by Christy, Howard Chandler
Cherie Tobin, the physician among the plaintiffs, said they plan to appeal as well as ask the court to halt the gather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
But the ceremony made headlines when Labour's soon-to-be Prime Minister Tony Blair attended with his wife Cherie, walking the red carpet alongside King.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Trainer Cherie DeVaux says Golden Tempo won’t run in the Preakness because the horse needs more time to recover after the Kentucky Derby.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Golden Tempo rallied deep in the pack to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, making Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win the big race.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
She could still hear Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour” coming through the buds in her mother’s hand.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
