Sentence examples for nice dear from inspiring English sources

"That's very nice, dear," said the grateful pensioner before wandering on.

So I pitched the idea to my mother, and she said, "That's nice dear; while you're at it, why don't you flush this big bag of cash and your diploma down the toilet".

It's not so long ago that a fresh-faced, newly graduated 22-year-old like myself, coming out with the above statement, would have been greeted with a variety of responses, ranging from the parental, "That's nice dear, but you're looking for a real job as well, right?", to your friends, who just think you've found a posh word for unemployed.

I think, being English, you have a natural irony about this and you know it's horse-trading and a marketing tool, but on the other hand your mum rings up and says, "Isn't that nice, dear?" So there's an odd contradiction between the two emotions.

If she glazes over and says "That's nice, dear," it's time to abandon your dreams of appearing on the 6 o'clock news.

She shows me her knitting and I show her my diagrams and we each say, 'That's nice, dear.'" Dale Keiger, A&S '11 (MLA), is the editor of Johns Hopkins Magazine.

Your mother was right--it looks much nicer, dear.

"Have a nice day, dear!" Mom says cheerily again and again and again.

"Nice try, dear," Mr. Hahs called out.

"Very nice, my dear fellow, very nice," said Duveen.

"Did you have a nice time, dear?" Jane said that she'd had fun.