Compton-Burnett

/ (ˈkɒmptənbɜːˈnɛt, -ˈbɜːnɪt) /

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noun

Dame Ivy. 1884–1969, English novelist. Her novels include Men and Wives (1931) and Mother and Son (1955)

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Words nearby Compton-Burnett

compt, compte rendu, comp time, Comptometer, Compton, Compton-Burnett, Compton effect, comptroller, Comptroller General of the United States, Comptroller of the Currency, compulsion

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How to use Compton-Burnett in a sentence

At some point, show creator Mark Burnett made the diabolical decision to extend the show to 120 minutes.
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“We used to go for food at a little Italian place on Old Compton Street called Presto,” says Burston.
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Others who will join the rotation include Alan Alda, Candice Bergen, Stacy Keach, and Carol Burnett.
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In 1988, N.W.A. released their groundbreaking record Straight Outta Compton.
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An N.W.A. biopic titled Straight Outta Compton will hit theaters across America in 2015.
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Away over Compton Ridge one last, pale star hung, caught in the upper branches of a dead pine.
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He waited until from away up on Compton Ridge the sound of wheels came to him on the breeze that slipped down the mountain side.
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Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is one of the most charming among American writers.
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Burnett evidently went away from Lawrence with a good opinion of this family of Yankee abolitionists, and Bro.
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Few manor–houses have, or at least had, more numerous places of concealment great and small than Compton Wynyates.
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