A person who is a member of one's family or a close friend.
families who lost loved ones
Example sentencesExamples
With the sun shining on her face and surrounded by her loved ones, Sophia was content.
We had chosen a civil union, announcing it to loved ones with engraved invitations.
Panicked residents tried to ferry their loved ones to a medical clinic.
Many of those left behind lost not only their loved ones, but also their means of survival.
Residents searching for missing loved ones filed nervously past rows of wet garments laid out by rescuers on the grass.
We had an hour at the mall, which proved to be enough time for me to buy a few tacky gifts with which to disappoint loved ones back home, and also a stack of postcards.
It is approaching Christmas, the time that people get together to spend time with their loved ones.
He's often the last hope grieving relatives have of being reunited with a missing loved one.
As military families with loved ones serving our nation in a time of war and grave peril, we understand the importance of operation security.
"It is always a tragedy when a family loses a loved one to violence, but all the community support softens the blow, lightens the load," he said.