Samantha

[ suh-man-thuh ]

noun

1. a female given name: from an Aramaic word meaning “listener.”

Example Sentences

The latest novel from Samantha Harvey is truly superb, but left its reviewer at a loss for how to describe it.

From The Daily Beast

Muslim Samantha Elauf was qualified to work at A & F—except that she wore a hijab.

From The Daily Beast

Normally I might look to Samantha Power or Madeleine Albright or Hillary Clinton for foreign policy wisdom.

From The Daily Beast

The piece was authored by none other than Samantha Power, who now serves as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

From The Daily Beast

Chi, like Samantha (Scarlett Johannson), ends up becoming a transcendent being that threatens her relationship with a human.

From The Daily Beast

Your mother named you Samantha, girl, but bein' as there wasn't no boy, I always called you Sammy.

From Project Gutenberg

She had been elected to the very responsible part of Samantha because her memory was good, rather than because she looked it.

From Project Gutenberg

I sent for it from camp, for one of the girls to use in the Samantha tableaux, and the girl still has it, I suppose.

From Project Gutenberg

Samantha, one of Mr. Tenney's sisters, found me an hour afterwards sitting beside a chicken-coop, crying into my apron.

From Project Gutenberg

Samantha consoled me as well as she could with colored beads to string, and a barrel of kittens out in the barn.

From Project Gutenberg