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Example sentences for: darling

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Dearing and dearling are both forms of darling, but much less often heard nowadays.
A darling was a young, lovable, charming, usually young, woman who was admired and desired, prized among eligible men because the woman was (supposedly) of good morals, thus chaste and a good catch to woo and win as a wife.
I am sitting here attempting in vain to find something to disagree with in your brilliant last posting, my darling, but cannot.
darling, help me with my zipper, won't you?
(Structural linguists do not like to deal with meaning, either, satisfied that the meaning of a word is the sum of its contexts—a perfectly valid argument if one allows context to include one's mother telling an infant, Here, darling, eat another spoon of applesauce.