Dorcas
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"If Ebola comes, we'll be wiped out as we're packed like sardines," Dorcas Mapenzi said at the Kingonze camp on the outskirts of Bunia, the provincial capital.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Dorcas Reilly, who was one of the first full-time members of Campbell’s home economics department, took the challenge in stride.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2023
The acting, from Major Curda’s sad boy Romeo to Dorcas Leung’s sweetheart Juliet to Mia Katigbak’s warm, blunt Nurse, is uniformly strong.
From New York Times • May 15, 2023
Odero’s megacrusades have in the past been attended by senior politicians including the wife of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, Pastor Dorcas.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023
Johnny had seen enough of Madge and Dorcas and their suitors to know that the gibe about poor boys aspiring to Miss Lavinia had gone home.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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