Elaine

[ ih-leyn ]

noun

1. any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
2. a female given name, form of Helen.

Example Sentences

In the late 1980s, Hawking began to grow close to his redheaded, controlling nurse, Elaine Mason.

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Then, in 2006, Hawking and Elaine divorced, and neither of them spoke about the marriage.

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Elaine Kamarck, a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, wondered if their jobs pose a conflict of interest.

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Louis-Dreyfus made a joke that Cranston looked like a character Elaine had dated on Seinfeld.

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You worked with the late, great Elaine Stritch twice—on September and Small Time Crooks.

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He didn't like Elaine any more, but he knew that the code demanded that he should show resentment of the intrusion.

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Lifting himself up on his hands and knees he saw Jim and Elaine scrambling into a taxicab.

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"Don't waste your time on the big souse, Jim," said Elaine clutching at the arm of the man who had threatened her.

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When the knight was able to ride, he went back to Astolat with Elaine and Lavaine.

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When Elaine took the diamond from Sir Gawaine she went to her father.

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