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.
  • Crump said his girlfriend believed that the deputy had barged into the apartment.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
  • Travis Kelce took a trip to the city of love to support his superstar girlfriend!
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024
  • My high school girlfriends have seen me through different life stages, starting with those awkward teen years.
    — Grace Bastidas, Parents, 23 July 2024
  • An officer pulled out his stun gun and threatened to use it on Knight in front of his pregnant girlfriend, Knight said.
    — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
  • There also are a lot of birthday and bachelorette parties, date nights, and girlfriend get togethers.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
  • Contreras and Rios then picked up Cisneros and Rios’ girlfriend, Grisham.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
  • The actress took on the role of Olive Oyl, the girlfriend of Robin Williams’ titular character.
    — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
  • The model and Diddy's former girlfriend died in 2018 of pneumonia.
    — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
  • 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
  • In April, Sam brought his girlfriend to meet his dad and Robin got down on one knee and begged her to be her daughter-in-law.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
  • 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

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