Calamity Jane
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Well, I’ve had bullwhips in “Wild Bill” — Calamity Jane uses one just to show off.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2022
On-screen she played Calamity Jane, Queen Elizabeth II, Georgia O’Keeffe and two Roosevelts – Eleanor from ages 18 to 60 in a mid-’70s miniseries, then Sara in HBO’s “Warm Springs” 30 years later.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021
On-screen she played Calamity Jane, Queen Elizabeth II, Georgia O’Keeffe and two Roosevelts — Eleanor from ages 18 to 60 in a mid-’70s miniseries, then Sara in HBO’s “Warm Springs” 30 years later.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021
She has performed serious plays by Ibsen, Chekhov and Shakespeare; inhabited formidable characters like Eleanor Roosevelt and Calamity Jane; and led the National Endowment for the Arts through the culture wars.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2020
Rus, the wolf-dog-coyote, sprawled out on the carpet while Calamity Jane gave him the evil eye from the hall.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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