Theresa

[tuh-ree-suh, -zuh, te-re-sah]

noun

1. Also called Theresa of Avila. Saint. Also 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.

2. a female given name.

Theresa

/ təˈriːzə /

noun

1. See Teresa

Example Sentences

The Chobot-Collier team never speaks to the authorities, or any police at all, save for the handlers of a cadaver dog used in a search for Theresa’s body, an effort launched on the flimsiest lead.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

“There’s so much beauty in Cyndi’s lyrics about dreaming big and using hope as a fuel,” said book writer Theresa Rebeck.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Austria faced near extinction in 1740 when Maria Theresa’s accession to the Habsburg throne prompted Frederick II of Prussia to invade and spark a war of partition.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

The net zero target was passed into law by the government of Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May in 2019.

Read more on BBC

She plays a lonely schoolteacher named Theresa Dunn who engages in increasingly risky behavior with strangers in pursuit of love.

Read more on Los Angeles Times