Cheever
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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She’s the eldest child of John Cheever, the 20th-century literary titan whose short-story collections and novels were once enormous bestsellers and habitual prizewinners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Soon after her father died of cancer in 1982, Ms. Cheever read the journals he’d left behind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Ella Cheever Thayer’s 1879 hit novel Wired Love: A Romance in Dots and Dashes suggests that both can be true.
From Slate • May 27, 2024
Each has the narrative power of a John Cheever story, as artist Cary Leibowitz, co-head of the print department at the Phillips auction house, said in a telephone interview.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023
The warrant for her arrest was dated March 19, just one week after the visit of Putnam and Cheever.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
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