Lindley
Americannoun
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John, 1799–1865, English botanist.
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a male or female given name.
Example Sentences
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“She doesn’t even have to look at the goal,” Lindley says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Filling out the romantic entanglements were Dawson’s friend Pacey Witter, played by Jackson, and Jen Lindley, the new-in-town girl played by Williams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Another Skelmanthorpe resident, Mick Lindley, claimed his water pressure - supplied directly to his home - was "absolutely rubbish".
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025
Back at the home Graham and James shared in Lindley, life is "quiet".
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025
He took great interest in scientific pursuits, and his name was associated with the Norfolk and Norwich Museum as a lecturer with Professors Lindley and Sedgwick, Thomas Brightwell, and the Rev. R. Lubbock.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie
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