Sentence examples for lover called from inspiring English sources

In 1874 he discovered that his wife had a lover called Major Harry Larkyns, whom he immediately sought out.

Remember how agonizing it was in the old days, making sure you didn't tie up the line in case your lover called?

Earlier this year, Ms. Gilbert published a follow-up book called "Committed," an anguished account of her ambiguous feelings about marrying her lover, called Felipe in the books.

"So he and his wife had a lover called Olive Byrne, an 18-year-old, and Olive was the physical model for Wonder Woman.

News of the auction prompted laments from connoisseurs and Sid Sackson fans — one game lover called the sale "a tragedy for game historians" — but none had the means to save the collection.

Then there was the time the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, a near neighbour and a former lover, called to ask if she would give him a piano lesson.

"Lover Call," a late-night talk show, encourages listeners to instant-message their romantic woes, as one lovelorn listener did repeatedly last year.

When a former lover calls him to say that she can't bear to see him so diminished, he manages to spell out a message saying that he thinks of her every day.

Owen thinks he's helping his father by hunting the trickster and assembling the narrative, but an old lover calls his bluff: what he's really doing is filling in his own back story.

In a memorable scene from the first vignette, Laura Dern's client sits freaking out in her car, just as her lover calls to dump her - as if he'd just remembered he had a wife and daughter.

On Thursday a heartbroken Bhutto-lover called and left a teary message on my voice mail.