Cary

[ kair-ee, kar-ee ]

/ ˈkɛər i, ˈkær i /

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noun

Alice, 1820–71, U.S. poet (sister of Phoebe Cary).

(Arthur) Joyce (Lu·nel)

[loon-l], /ˈlun l/, 1888–1957, English novelist.

Henry Francis, 1772–1844, British writer and translator.

Phoebe, 1824–71, U.S. poet (sister of Alice Cary).

a town in central North Carolina.

a male given name.

a female given name, form of Caroline.

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How to use Cary in a sentence

Now, Cary and Brooke aren’t just navigating their own personal struggles alongside the chaos of a famous younger brother.
‘The Other Two’ Roasted Justin Bieber and Became TV’s Funniest Millennial Comedy|Kevin Fallon|August 25, 2021|The Daily Beast
One of Huske’s few peers is Claire Curzan, who trains in Cary, where Triangle Aquatic Center has converted its pool to long course.
Torri Huske is one of the world’s top swimmers. Now, if she could only find an Olympic-size pool.|Jake Lourim|April 21, 2021|Washington Post
In 1945 or 1946, Hitch and Alma were in New York with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, on a publicity tour.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tragically, Cary did not live to complete the second volume, and in 2000 I began work in earnest on this book.
This Republican Loved Taxes & Modern Art|Scott Porch|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

You must have been pretty stoked when you found out that Cary would have such a big, juicy arc this season.
The Good Wife’s Secret Weapon: Matt Czuchry on Cary Agos’s Terrible, Horrible Year|Kevin Fallon|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Cary was jailed, Kalinda was the first person fighting for him.
The Good Wife’s Secret Weapon: Matt Czuchry on Cary Agos’s Terrible, Horrible Year|Kevin Fallon|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And then the interviews with Alicia and Diane, seeing Alicia and Diane and Cary protecting one another.
The Good Wife’s Secret Weapon: Matt Czuchry on Cary Agos’s Terrible, Horrible Year|Kevin Fallon|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No prayermeetings wus allowed on de plantation but we went to Salem to white folks church and also to white folks church at Cary.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various
But Mr. Cary's translation is not at hand; and our version, however rude, is sufficient to illustrate our meaning.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII|John Lord
The flouring mills caught fire from the tobacco houses, communicating it to Cary and Main streets.
The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry in the Closing Scenes of the War for the Maintenance of the Union, from Richmond to Appomatox|William B. Arnold
Like Mother Cary's chickens, their province is rather with menacing storm than the signs of fair weather.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II)|Charles James Lever
That popular writer of juvenile tales, Alice Haven, was also a visitor of the Cary sisters.
Literary New York|Charles Hemstreet

British Dictionary definitions for Cary

Cary

/ (ˈkɛərɪ, ˈkærɪ) /

noun

(Arthur) Joyce (Lunel). 1888–1957, British novelist; author of Mister Johnson (1939), A House of Children (1941), and The Horse's Mouth (1944)

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