Ashe

[ ash ]

/ æʃ /

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noun

Arthur Robert, Jr., 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.

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How to use Ashe in a sentence

So she and Ashe made an offer that included all their standard bells and whistles.
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Ashe says zoos have a reach that no other entity in the conservation world has, and that they teach children to care about animals without having to travel far.
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A final decision is due from agency director Dan Ashe on August 4.
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It was a very rainy summer—the summer Arthur Ashe won Wimbledon against Jimmy Connors, which I watched in the pub.
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Mr. Ashe replied with a request for a sum of about four thousand francs.
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The stairs were so wide and shallow they tripped as they followed Miss Ashe up them.
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The creature flung himself on Miss Ashe so impetuously as to very nearly topple her over.
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Esther felt horribly ashamed as she wondered what Miss Ashe and Anna would think when they came and saw them.
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Miss Ashe grasped the situation in a moment, and, though her heart sank a little in dismay at their ignorance, she showed no sign.
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British Dictionary definitions for Ashe

Ashe

/ (æʃ) /

noun

Arthur (Robert). 1943–93, US tennis player: US champion 1968; Wimbledon champion 1975

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