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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He is bearded and buff; she is a porcelain doll with Wednesday Addams hair and skin.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Frankie Addams “belonged to no club and was a member of nothing in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
“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
Inspired by the classic television-turned-film series “The Addams Family,” Jenna Ortega plays the beloved character Wednesday Addams, who dresses only in black and wields a brooding stare.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 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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