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Adrian I

American  
Or Hadrian I

noun

  1. died a.d. 795, pope 772–795.


Example Sentences

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“I walked out to the end of the stage and made eye contact with Annie,” he wrote in his audiobook memoir, “Unlikely Rockstar—The Tommy DeCarlo Story,” “I raised both hands over my head, as if in victory, and that was my, ‘yo, Adrian, I did it’ moment.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Q: Adrian, I’ve seen you do “Othello”; I assume you’ve done “Othello” twice in a day.

From Washington Post

All you have to do is say, “I’m really excited for you to meet Adrian. I’m embarrassed to even have to mention this because I’m sure it would never enter your head to do such a thing, but sometimes when I’ve introduced Adrian to friends of mine, they’ve asked very rude and intrusive questions about his scars. But I know you’ll be friendly, polite, and beautifully mannered when you meet him. You always are.”

From Slate

I’m about to see a young patient I’ll call Adrian* I glance in the glass-paned waiting room and notice Adrian sitting on the sofa.

From Scientific American

“I’ve never told anyone this story, but I said, ‘Adrian, I’m going to kneel down here, I’m begging you to take the day off.

From New York Times