What is another word for darlings?

Pronunciation: [dˈɑːlɪŋz] (IPA)

Darlings are terms of affection used to address someone you hold dear. There are several synonyms for darlings that one can use to express the same sentiment. Sweetheart, honey, love, and dearest are all terms commonly used to address a beloved. These words are commonly used to express feelings of love and help you bond with the person you're addressing. Additionally, words like dear, cherished and beloved can also be used to express a similar sentiment. Whatever term you ultimately choose to use, make sure it comes from the heart and is genuine in expressing your love and affection for the person you're addressing.

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Usage examples for Darlings

They worried lest they should see their babies caught up in a pair of long, bony jaws, as sharp as scissors, there to wriggle and crow, until their darlings disappeared within the monster.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis
Some four years before its illustrations riveted the name of a stripling artist to that of the world-renowned scholar, Erasmus had fallen ill while a guest in the sunny Bucklersbury home where three tiny daughters and a baby son were the darlings of Sir Thomas More and his wife.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue
You must excuse me, darlings-Verena, you are nearly grown up; you will see to the others.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade

Famous quotes with Darlings

  • We had maybe the greatest success of any company that I know of in Paris, and after two or three years I wanted to do this same number that we did for PBS, so we did it and Paris had always considered us their darlings.
    Katherine Dunham
  • I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say.
    Artie Lange
  • Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings.
    Wislawa Szymborska
  • And it is that word 'hummy,' my darlings, that marks the first place in at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up.
    A. A. Milne
  • Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. Mothers are different. Mothers are darlings.
    Oscar Wilde

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