Ethel

[ eth-uhl ]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”

Example Sentences

In 1919, Ethel Parsons and Telfor Paullin made a painting that lifts hearts and souls, just by being fine art.

From The Daily Beast

So welcome back, Edna and Ethel; come on down, Gertrude and Percy; walk right in, Wilhelmina and Wolfgang.

From The Daily Beast

The elevator descended with a draft," he writes, "chilling Ethel in all the damp spots.

From The Daily Beast

In 1960, she made her Broadway debut in Gypsy, opposite Ethel Merman.

From The Daily Beast

Lucy and Ethel wish to go to a nightclub, while Ricky and Fred would rather go see a fight.

From The Daily Beast

Norman tarried to put his books into a neat leather case, and Ethel stood thinking.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Winter glanced unutterable things at Margaret, and Ethel began to perceive she had done something wrong.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor did Ethel know that that caricature had been the cause of the black eye that Harry had brought home last summer.

From Project Gutenberg

Ethel's understanding perceived, but her mind refused to grasp the extent of the calamity.

From Project Gutenberg

The first true pang of grief shot through Ethel like a dart, stabbing and taking away her breath, "Where are they?"

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