Calpurnia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Calpurnia, tired of holding her tongue, replies, “No matter who you disrespect by doing it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022
I created this tension between Calpurnia and Atticus.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022
The play comes to an end soon after Atticus enumerates for Calpurnia a short list of local people they can count on, to push for a better day.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2020
And the story’s most prominent black characters — Calpurnia and Tom Robinson — are allowed more opportunity in the play to voice their frustrations about racial injustice.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2020
“Do you know, Calpurnia, that the class Insecta comprises the largest number of living organisms known to man?”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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