Flannery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I will just say that it’s a bit like Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” if it were written in collaboration with Flannery O’Connor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
"The discovery of one lazarus taxon... is an exceptional discovery," said Prof Tim Flannery, a prominent Australian scientist best known for his 2005 The Weather Makers book about climate change.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Flannery O’Connor has that thing, “The writer can choose what he writes about, but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
In a risky career move, Springsteen turns introspective, digesting the short stories of Flannery O’Connor and Howard Zinn’s “People’s History of the United States.”
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
I wonder if Flannery ever felt that way.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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