“But I think it's just a term of endearment from the sports fans for a ground that they love.”

“She speaks softly, almost as if she were whispering an endearment to a lover.”

“Lyova uses the word filin, meaning eagle owl, as an endearment for his wife, and this term implies that she wears glasses.”

“There was an endearingness to the spontaneity of it all, but also a palpable stress accompanying the frenzy.”

“It was the best he could give me because he couldn't feel what I felt, couldn't return the endearments or the love.”

“My mother never addressed me with lovely endearments unless she was putting on a show for someone.”

“He grinned wickedly, holding my hands in his, whispering French endearments into my ear.”

“It was arms around, and perpetual endearings, and all that I had missed for a weary twelve-month.”