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Plural of darling

regular plural

The plural of darling is darlings.

Forms of darling

Singulardarling /ˈdɑːlɪŋ/
Pluraldarlings
Countablecountable

Darlings in a sentence

  • You’ll immediately want to change your font to Garamond and start saying things like “Toodle-pip, darlings!”2022 September 28, Alexandra Jacobs, “Bright Young Things, Revisited: War Clouds a Childhood Idyll”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry toodle-pip
  • There lay his stud of polished darlings, the belamped streamlined docile monsters of years of collecting.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 304. From the entry belamped
  • Those little souvenir spoons she sent up with the chocolate yesterday are perfect darlings.1900, Annie Fellows Johnston, “‘Found Out’”, in The Little Colonel’s House Party, Boston, Mass.: The Page Company, published February…. From the entry think the world of
  • “We all had to kill our darlings,” says Foster.2015 March 28, Ted Loos, “The Whitney Museum’s New Home”, in Wall Street Journal. From the entry kill one's darlings
  • Aloof and passive fans kill their darlings.2008 January 20, Virginia Heffernan, “Art in the Age of Franchising”, in New York Times. From the entry kill one's darlings

Meaning of darling

  1. noun Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
  2. noun A person who is kind, sweet, etc., and thus lovable; a pet, a sweetheart; also, an animal or thing which is cute and lovable.
  3. noun A favourite.

Full definition of darling

Questions about the plural of darling

What is the plural of darling?
The plural of darling is darlings.
Is darling countable?
Darling is a countable noun.

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