Word Finder - darling

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A person who is dear to one.

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Mary, the youngest daughter, was always her mother's darling.

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A kind or sweet person; sweetheart.

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The girl next door picks up all my shopping for me. She is such a darling.

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An affectionate term of address.

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Pass the wine, would you darling?

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(by extension) A person or thing very popular with a certain group.

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a darling of the theatre

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Dear; cherished.

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She is my darling wife of twenty-two years.

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Charming

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Well isn't that a darling little outfit she has on.

My darling little sister is growing very fast.

I knew that I had ceased to be my mother's only darling, and the thought filled me with jealousy.

Would you like to see darling little Mildred?

Darling, did you hear me?

The expedition reached the Darling on the 25th of May 1833, and after establishing a depot at Fort Bourke, Mitchell traced the Darling southwards for 300 m.

First I must lay my little darling to rest.

In any case, I'm on my way, darling, he said with disapproval.

You look wonderful, darling.

Why David darling, you're jealous!

All four laughed and Connor quipped, "You need to make that your mantra darling."

He therefore turned westward, and struck a large river, with many affluents, to which he gave the name of the Darling.

Leaving the main body of his party at Menindie on the Darling under a man named Wright, Burke, with seven men, five horses and sixteen camels, pushed on for Cooper's Creek, the understanding being that Wright should follow him in easy stages to the depot proposed to be there established.

Until then, you make sure that you look after yourself, my darling princess.

From your darling little friend HELEN A. KELLER.

On his return to Moscow from the army, Nicholas Rostov was welcomed by his home circle as the best of sons, a hero, and their darling Nikolenka; by his relations as a charming, attractive, and polite young man; by his acquaintances as a handsome lieutenant of hussars, a good dancer, and one of the best matches in the city.

What a darling Sonya is! he added with a smile.

Ah, she is indeed a darling!

Don't try to talk, darling.

The Dividing Range decreases north of the Blue Mountains, until as a mere ridge it divides the waters of the coastal rivers from those flowing to the Darling.

With Dekker Ford also wrote the mask of The Sun's Darling; or, as seems most probable, they founded this production upon Phaeton, an earlier mask, of which Dekker had been sole author.

Gifford holds that Dekker's hand is perpetually traceable in the first three acts of The Sun's Darling, and through the whole of its comic part, but that the last two acts are mainly Ford's.

This mask, which furnished abundant opportunities for the decorators, musicians and dancers, in showing forth how the seasons and their delights are successively exhausted by a "wanton darling," Raybright the grandchild of the Sun, is said to have been very popular.

It is situated on the summit of the Great Dividing Range, and is the centre of the rich pastoral and agricultural district of Darling Downs.

The business quarter is a limited area lying between Darling Harbour and the Domain.

The streets are irregular in width, some of them narrow and close together, while those leading down to Darling Harbour have a steep incline.

The head of Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney Cove, the shallow bay between Dawes and Millers Point, and Darling Harbour, are lined with wharves.

The whole of the eastern side of Darling Harbour is occupied by a succession of wharves and piers, there being in all 4000 ft.

Connected with the main railway system of the colony is the Darling Harbour Wharf 1260 ft.

It is from 1842 that the universal fame of Tennyson must be dated; from the time of the publication of the two volumes he ceased to be a curiosity, or the darling of an advanced clique, and took his place as the leading poet of his age in England.

A Viennese notice of his appointment as Oberka pellmeister spoke of him as " the darling of our nation," his works were reprinted or performed in every capital from Madrid to St Petersburg.

Of these sects, it will suffice to mention that of the Radha-Vallabhis, started in the latter part of the 16th century, who worship Krishna as Radhavallabha, "the darling of Radha."

This pledge he redeemed, and he is, in consequence, the darling of Persian tradition, which bestows on him the title of Gor (the wild ass), and is eloquent on his adventures in the chase and in love.

The Murray and the Murrumbidgee are permanent streams, but the Darling occasionally ceases to run in part of its course, and for a thousand miles above its junction with the Murray it receives no tributary.

In its upper course the Darling receives numerous tributaries.

West of the tableland the amount of rainfall decreases as the distance from the Pacific increases, and in a large area west of the Darling the average annual rainfall does not exceed io in.

Some of the best-known exposures are in the ranges which rise above the western plains, such as the Rankin Range on the Darling and the Kokopara Range to the north of the Murrumbidgee.

The Cainozoic rocks are best developed in the western districts, as the silts of the Darling and Murray plains.

It may, indeed, be yet found to extend approximately along the course of the Lower Darling.

The principal deposits of copper are in the central parts between the Macquarie, Bogan and Darling rivers.

These demands were urged during the governorships of Sir Thomas Brisbane and General Darling; but they were not finally conceded, together with perfect religious equality, until the regime of Sir Richard Bourke, which lasted from 1831 to 1837.

To give up dancing on the village green was still harder; and some months elapsed before he had the fortitude to part with his darling sin.

In the churchyard is a monument to Grace Darling (1815-1842), the brave rescuer of some of the crew of the ship " Forfarshire " in 1838.

Ormonde, who was in London, could alone restore peace; all his disputes with Desmond were at once settled in his favour, and he was even allowed to resume the exaction of coyne and livery, the abolition of which had been the darling wish of statesmen.

She gave it to my darling out of gratitude for his compassion at her passing and he wanted me to have it as a token of his feelings for me.

I perform the duties of the house as if it is our home and I am awaiting the tread of my darling's foot upon the stair as he returns from his ministrations to the arms of his dutiful wife.

Do take care of yourself my darling - I feel awfully anxious about you.

Darling Harbor was quite breathtaking at night with the sky lit up all around.

The darling buds of May Meaning An appreciation of what is fresh and new.

The narrative being constructed by Bowker and Darling to justify the continuation of the existing structure is becoming clear.

In reality, Mr Darling faces an almost impossible economic conundrum.