How to Use girlfriend in a Sentence

girlfriend

noun
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  • She spends hours talking on the phone with her girlfriends.
  • My girlfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.
  • Why did the loaf of bread break up with his girlfriend?
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
  • Google Maps At the time, the woman had AirPods in and was on the phone with her girlfriend.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • In June, the performer got a tattoo of his girlfriend’s eye.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
  • And my girlfriend didn’t see the movie until the premiere in July.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The man, along with his niece and another person, picked up Bernal and his girlfriend.
    — The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
  • Clark was in the Ram pickup with his girlfriend, according to Smith.
    — Marilyn Heck, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Ben lies and says that he was matched with his girlfriend when he was truly matched with Devi.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 7 June 2023
  • He was also indicted in the death of his cousin’s 22-year-old girlfriend, Amy Kitchen.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • However, my son has done this many times with other girlfriends/friends in the past.
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But a year later, the two would meet again at a party hosted by Beatty’s girlfriend of the time.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • And then, the deluge: Was this, Owens asked, Sanderson hiking with his girlfriend?
    — Mireille Silcoff, New York Times, 2 May 2023
  • His 18-year-old girlfriend, Diamond Darville, was with him in the car during the shooting.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The only thing sweeter than a donut is … a rat bringing one to his rodent girlfriend.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • He was born in the San Fernando Valley and went to Sacramento to be with a girlfriend.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • His girlfriend was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher, who was giving her instruction on how to care for the boy, the man told police.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • His girlfriend, Kittiya Thuengsaeng, hung a picture of him outside her front door.
    — Joe Parkinson, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Luke, who was one of the lead investigators on the case, said Hunter never called his girlfriend.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 12 May 2023
  • Lil’ Kim came into his section with a gaggle of girlfriends and squealed when Usher stopped by to give her a hug.
    — Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The caller said his one-time girlfriend may have committed a murder.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Finally, my girlfriend at the time forced me to audition.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 5 June 2023
  • Prosecutors believe that Ervin used his girlfriend to lure Sayers to the home and rob him.
    — Jade Thomas, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Travis Kelce will be supporting girlfriend Taylor Swift on tour — but not just yet!
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The two men stayed the night at Ashley’s girlfriend’s house, and the next day fled in a vehicle to Los Angeles, arriving on May 3.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 June 2023
  • Allowed to leave the prison for two days, Rahim attempts to get his debt erased, which is made all the more complicated when his girlfriend finds a bag of gold coins.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 30 June 2023
  • The three women rented the off-campus house in Moscow where they were stabbed to death while Chapin was staying the night with Kernodle, his girlfriend.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The social media site is full of videos featuring men wearing shirts with their girlfriend's face and name.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Criner, 28, attended the concert with her sister, dad and his girlfriend.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • Smith was convicted in 2000 for murder in the shooting death of his live-in girlfriend, LaKendra Kirkland, in Dothan.
    — Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 6 June 2023

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