dearests

Enthusiastic as were the friendships of his youth -- when he gushed into "dearests" in his letters -- we could imagine him as living without friends and yet being tolerably happy.

The Art of Letters Robert Lynd 1914

"I'll be sure that she comes home very soon, my dearests," Epiny blithely lied.

Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

They were very full of 'darlings' and 'dearests' and 'how much do you love me's.'

Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee

"Oh! my dears, and my dearests, will you forgive me for running away from you?"

Turn About Eleanor F. Graham [Illustrator] Cootes

So much love, my dearests, every day and every night from

Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 Ruth Pierce

"Dearest of dearests, when are you going to stop teasing me?"

32 Caliber Donald McGibeny

"Farewell!" we cried to our dearests; little we cared for their tears.

Ballads of a Cheechako 1916

There was a rush and a scream, and a soothing sound of endearments, with "darlings" and "dearests" intermixed; and as Aunt Sarah precipitately fled, abandoning even her netting in the retreat, she was harassed by no fears that Arthur's sins would be visited with any undue amount of dignified coldness.

The Semi-Detached House 1859

Light on the eyeliner too, my dearests - one is not Cleopatra when one is on the other side of 25.

The Lipstick Chronicles 2009

I contacted those oldest and dearests to inform them of my thinking.

The Blue Door 2009