How to Use girlfriend in a Sentence

girlfriend

noun
  • She spends hours talking on the phone with her girlfriends.
  • My girlfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.
  • Many of my girlfriends do the same.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 24 Feb. 2026
  • His girlfriend broke up with him.
    — Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
  • So maybe there wasn’t a girlfriend.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Boyfriend and girlfriend feels so young.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
  • At least his girlfriend was there to cheer him on.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
  • His girlfriend called her friends a few times to help.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
  • His then-girlfriend, now wife, was away.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
  • My girlfriend has come five times, so that’s cool.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The boy and his girlfriend got out of the car and walked back to mine.
    — Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
  • Canoy and his girlfriend drove to the parking lot.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026
  • How did the phone propose to his girlfriend?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • He was ordered to stay away from his girlfriend.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The girlfriend was grazed by a stray bullet.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • He is believed to have called his girlfriend.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Spent a month just road-tripping with my girlfriend at the time.
    — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Michael also had his arm around his girlfriend.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Michael also had his arm around his girlfriend.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Michael also had his arm around his girlfriend.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Jiménez was in his apartment with his girlfriend when agents grabbed him.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • His girlfriend comes and stays the weekends.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • His wife knows about his AI girlfriend.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The good news, though, is that his girlfriend got a wristband.
    — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2026
  • So who is Mac Jones' girlfriend?
    — Jolene Latimer, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • So who is Tom Blyth’s girlfriend?
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Twenty-three years old, his first girlfriend.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • My, uh, girlfriend got kidnapped last night.
    — Lauren Clark, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Still fighting about an old girlfriend.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • So, who is Chris Brown's girlfriend?
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026

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