Empson
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Empson says he was happy to pay the equivalent of $400 for the service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
She also co-hosts Strictly, so would've crossed paths with Tameka Empson when she was a contestant.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
“Too much informality could be undermining,” Ms. Empson said.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
She quotes William Empson approvingly: “you must rely on each particular poem to show you the way in which it is trying to be good.”
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2019
He lifts an opinion from Coleridge, takes something else from Frye or Empson or Leavis.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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