Dearest
['dɪərɪst]
Examples
- Is it safe now, dearest mother? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Such I was, from eight to eight and twenty; and such I might still have been but for you, dearest, loveliest Elizabeth! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Good-bye, dearest Pa. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This present moment, short as it is, is a part of eternity, and the dearest part, since it is our own unalienably. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You never call me your dearest pupil! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My dearest Harriet! Jane Austen. Emma.
- I wish you could know Mr. Clayton; he is the dearest fellow imaginable, and unless I am mistaken he has fallen very much in love with me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Rebecca too bethought her that it was time she should go in and comfort her dearest Amelia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And now I am brought to a little piece of news, my dearest, that I might have told you earlier in the evening. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have not the inclination to parley,' said Mr. Brownlow, 'and, as I advocate the dearest interests of others, I have not the right. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Dearest Amelia, you are very unwell, the visitor said, putting forth her hand to take Amelia's. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- O dearest Charles, let me thank God for this on my knees as I have prayed to Him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Go you to England, Lionel; return to sweet Idris and dearest Adrian; return, and let my orphan girl be as a child of your own in your house. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I've lost my dearest friend, sighed Jo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- My dearest, I am no saint, to be able to instruct you in such things; and I am afraid my views are not what the Church would approve of. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Checker: Muriel