Ophelia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In an interview with the Independent in 2015, Pennington said watching Dench play Ophelia in a 1957 Hamlet production in London inspired him to go into the theatre.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
She appears once in the top singles of the year, with The Fate of Ophelia, the lead single from her album The Life of a Showgirl, in 19th place.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Gertrude never quite comes into focus, but the pathos of Ophelia, maddened by grief, is enhanced by the simple yet forceful way Izzard helplessly pounds her chest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
It dethroned Taylor Swift's The Fate of Ophelia to take Spotify's global top spot on 2 January, the day after the final epsiode of Stranger Things' fifth and final season dropped on Netflix.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
Jim and Ophelia had invented some of the lexicon, and the expressions had filtered into the PIH culture.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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