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- noun Plural form of
endearment .
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Examples
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She overheard amorous sighs and murmurings, and the kind of endearments exchanged only by lovers of long standing.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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"endearments" on me (her own sweet word) out of true regard?
Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion William Hazlitt 1804
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For men, frequent shows of physical affection and small endearments, such as holding hands or kissing, are very reassuring.
Dr. Terri Orbuch: Are Men More Romantic Than Women? Dr. Terri Orbuch 2011
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There would be no return to the nuzzled spooning of bodies, the whispered endearments in the dark.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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What she knew about Richard Lattimer was what he had told her in a stream of words typed on a computer screen, endearments uttered over a cell phone.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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For men, frequent shows of physical affection and small endearments, such as holding hands or kissing, are very reassuring.
Dr. Terri Orbuch: Are Men More Romantic Than Women? Dr. Terri Orbuch 2011
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Cattle to be respected, venerated, put up on a pedestal, to be the subject of all sorts of flowery endearments, but cattle nevertheless.
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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I talk to her, whispering endearments and flattery.
Minnesota Menage Jack Swenson 2011
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But it was not endearments they whispered to one another.
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Sometimes these terms are endearments and sometimes they are uttered in exasperation - as in "Baby Cakes, you're killing me here ..." when he has been waiting for me in the car while I brush my hair one last time.
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