Clarissa

[ kluh-ris-uh ]

noun
  1. a female given name, form of Clara.

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How to use Clarissa in a sentence

  • "Dr. Vale charged him to be very cautious," rejoined Clarissa.

  • There was no hope in Clarissa's heart as she turned her steps homewards.

  • Clarissa, on the contrary, the lovely image of impassioned virtue, is drawn in lines of distracting purity.

  • Clarissa shrieked a little now and then when she remembered to, but Aldo did not seem to hear her, so she soon desisted.

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  • Clarissa in her villa on Lake Maggiore was bored, so she wrote to Nancy to come and stay with her.

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