Eleanor

American  

[el-uh-nawr, -ner] / ˈɛl əˌnɔr, -nər /

Also Eleanora

noun

1. a female given name, form of Helen.

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Example Sentences

So Eleanor Vance sets out for the house on “the first genuinely shining day of summer” without any idea what awaits her.

From The Wall Street Journal

The title of the novel lets the reader know that something supernatural is in store, but the lure of this riveting story is how each of the guests-turned-participants respond to a house in which Eleanor senses an “evil, but patient” malevolence.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the Strand Theater in Manhattan in 1950, “Caged,” a prison movie starring Eleanor Parker, may or may not have been a strong enough draw, but “And in Person! Xavier Cugat and His World-Famous Orchestra. Extra! Herkie Styles” was dangled as a convincer.

From The Wall Street Journal

I must be on the Eleanor, then, I thought, and even as I felt the familiar smugness of knowing the details of this historical event inside and out, I felt a tug of fear.

From Literature

Mr. Coppola, in the author’s account, was incapable of remaining faithful to his long-suffering wife, Eleanor, and Mr. Lucas is shown constantly belittling his first wife, the film editor Marcia Lucas, even as she gets an Oscar nomination for cutting “American Graffiti” and wins one for “Star Wars.”

From The Wall Street Journal