Addams
Americannoun
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Charles (Samuel), 1912–88, U.S. cartoonist.
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Jane, 1860–1935, U.S. social worker and writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1931.
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Example Sentences
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“You kinda have this Wednesday Addams vibe going on.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Frankie Addams “belonged to no club and was a member of nothing in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
In the video, which was also posted on Facebook and had more than 2.5m views, Zeta-Jones, who is from Mumbles, Swansea, talked about how much she enjoyed exploring her character, Morticia Addams, in season two.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
“The answer,” Mr. Cooper and Ms. Johnson promise, “is in here somewhere”—hidden among piles of arch testimony and macabre illustrations in the style of Charles Addams.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The world of systemic insecticides is a weird world, surpassing the imaginings of the brothers Grimm — perhaps most closely akin to the cartoon world of Charles Addams.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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