Lord Jim
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Lord Jim Wallace, who served as Scotland's first-ever deputy first minister, has died age 71.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
We were like Joseph Conrad’s Marlow telling the story of Lord Jim or the doomed voyage from “Youth.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2018
The leaked files show the Lord Jim Trust was established for Simons by a family friend.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2017
As for the novel’s hero and Drax’s chief adversary, Patrick Sumner, he’s clearly a descendant of Melville’s Ishmael and Conrad’s Lord Jim.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2016
Top-down attention is what we use to direct our focus, say, on a work project, or listening to Lord Jim through headphones, or when driving on the road.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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