How to Use valentine in a Sentence

valentine

noun
  • Won't you be my valentine?
  • Sight puns are the name of the game with these fun DIY valentine cards.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 10 Jan. 2023
  • At a loss for the perfect GIF to send your valentine on Feb. 14?
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In an age of email, texts, and tweets, a snail mail valentine can be quite a treat.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Grey knows this, of course, and teased that one of my valentines gifts was friends themed.
    Jenny Hollander, Marie Claire, 26 Feb. 2019
  • Maybe voters didn’t cotton to her valentine to the ’80s, which is a shame.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The very first valentine is said to have been a poem sent in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Looking for a last-minute sweet treat for your valentine?
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2022
  • That film was his valentine to then-partner Rachel Weisz.
    Guy Lodge, HWD, 5 Sep. 2017
  • And of course, there's one that's all about romance that's perfect for your valentine.
    Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The perfect date for you and your valentine, or for a girls' day outing for you and your galentine.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Wash it all down with a soda, and don’t forget the second straw for your valentine to share.
    Clare Miers, star-telegram, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Anyone else out there single and want to be my valentine?
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Children can create a heart craft to share with their own valentine.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Kids can also make their own valentines throughout the day.
    cleveland.com, 12 Feb. 2018
  • As the bar says goodbye to its patrons, read Hartlaub’s valentine of thanks.
    Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • What parent wouldn’t save a handmade valentine from a now 40-year-old son?
    Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
  • On Valentine's Day, the black Lab mix received over 500 valentines.
    Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
  • The scene where Bella buys a book about Quileute legends is a valentine for bookstore nerds.
    Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Kevin the plush bear is an in-demand valentine at Goats of Anarchy.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
  • View this post on Instagram So lucky to call these three my valentines for all these years.
    Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 30 July 2019
  • Why, the very daughter who had been accused of sending her the comic valentine.
    Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2021
  • In the on-set kitchen, the pots and pans on the stove had just the right amount of dent and scuff, trays of half-full wine glasses glimmered red, gold and pink, like liquid valentines.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Cherry Block's menu read like a valentine to the area's love for Cajun, Gulf and Texas flavors and foodways.
    Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 24 July 2019
  • Skeptics will see it as a valentine to hypocrisy at its most cynical.
    Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Longtime member Charlie Wendt is known for his joke about why to send a singing valentine.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Send tips, comments, and funny valentines to rebecca_keegan@condenast.com.
    Rebecca Keegan, HWD, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Send tips, comments, and funny valentines to rebecca_keegan@condenast.com.
    Rebecca Keegan, HWD, 14 Feb. 2017
  • He's seen combat, but he's never seen so many valentines.
    John Blackstone, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Just a month prior, Lucas had asked Ivanita to be his valentine.
    Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 7 Aug. 2019

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