Calpurnia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When asked about his attitude toward racist locals, Finch tells Calpurnia, “I believe in being respectful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
With Calpurnia I kind of used her to make the anti-white savior argument.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
In her remarks Saturday, Harris exuberantly invoked the women who came before her, women of more accomplishment than Calpurnia but none with more of a thirst for justice.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2020
And the story’s most prominent black characters — Calpurnia and Tom Robinson — are allowed more opportunity in the play to voice their frustrations about racial injustice.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
“Granddaddy, nobody calls me Calpurnia except Mother, and then only when I’m in lots of trouble.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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