Example Sentences

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Mattie Ross is one of the toughest dames in American literature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The more time we spend with Gill’s Jeremy, Okoro’s Molly and James’ Mattie, the more we can appreciate the fine-drawn nature of their portraits.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

The short stretch of track and the depot buildings are visible in a 1948 aerial photograph and are described in archive interviews with locals Mattie Fairnington and Maurice Hardy who were teenagers during the war.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

Their mother, Mattie Lawson Buchanan, died of emphysema just five months after Tyson’s release.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023

I kissed Mattie, Fern, and Lottie and walked home.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson