Sentence examples for dear. from inspiring English sources
David Cameron was accused of revealing his ill-suppressed Bullingdon Club instincts when he shouted at the Labour frontbencher Angela Eagle to "calm down, dear" as she berated him for misleading MPs at prime minister's questions.
So now, dear readers, if you're heading off for some lunch, make sure you get back to the sofa in time for the 18-foot skiffs.
She'd been frozen out of the ruling party, and Mutharika had tried to fire her several times, but she'd clung on for dear life to her constitutional mandate.
But then there was my dad's dear face twinkling out at me from my Twitter feed.
He stepped down in 2011 and was replaced by his political protege in the area, Margaret Ritchie, who described McGrady as "not only my mentor and colleague but a very dear friend".
But while many voters in the constituency undoubtedly hold dear the idea of universal healthcare for all, it was not their first concern in this byelection.
Then there is its American, dear-god-hide-it-in-the-attic sibling, a wretched creature offering a mere 34g of satisfaction.
Freak Show feels more rounded, complete and assured than the previous three incarnations; the scariest since the first, the silliest since the second and the nastiest behind the ooh-dear-that's-a-bit-too-nasty-actually third.
(I borrowed that dress once. To wear in a school revue. I was playing a Macbeth witch. In an Ossie Clark dress. Dear God!) I don't have many of my mum's clothes but those I have are kept in protective dust-bags.
