Ayana
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Also on deck at Coyote Central stage is New York-based artist Ayana Evans, known for her deeply personal performance art pieces she carries out wearing a tight, neon-colored, leopard-print suit.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
“Kindred” is “extremely relevant now,” said Ayana Jamieson, founder of the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network, a global community focused on Butler’s work.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023
Fellow Kenyan and Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir was second, two seconds behind, while Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana finished third.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2022
She saw Lauren Anderson, a pioneering Black principal dancer at Houston Ballet, and once told the writer Ayana Mathis, “My dream was to go to Juilliard.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
I pulled back the thin diaphanous curtain that covered the windows and spotted my friend Ayana outside with her mother.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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