Cynthia [ sin -thee-uh ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsɪn θi ə / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
Artemis: so called from her birth on Mt. Cynthus, on Delos.
Literary . the moon, the emblem of Artemis.
a female given name.
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How to use Cynthia in a sentence Rather, he was a bundle of contradictions — a rich man imagining a world with no possessions, a peace-propounding man who had been abusive to his first wife, Cynthia , and neglectful of his first son, Julian.
The story goes that he fell so hard for a girl named Cynthia that in order to impress her, McCray, who loved to print his nickname everywhere, wrote “Cornbread loves Cynthia ” throughout her Philadelphia neighborhood.
In 2012, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon caused a stir when she told The New York Times that her lesbianism is a “choice.”
Walters's battle to put her abusive husband behind bars is the centerpiece of Cynthia Hill's documentary.
Meanwhile, Tony had married his college girlfriend, Cynthia Carrafa, a soap-opera actress and producer, and had started a family.
My wife at the time, Lauoreighiya Samcake, who plays Cynthia Morehouse (Wiig), was very adventurous in all matters sexual.
Cynthia Ozick has called this peerless master of the short story “our Chekhov.”
"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia , coming suddenly out of a brown study.
The moment was an awkward one, and Cynthia wished madly that she had not been prompted to ask that unfortunate question.
When they were gone, Cynthia and Joyce turned and looked long and incredulously into each other's eyes.
Roars of laughter interspersed with high pipings of glee presently brought Cynthia to the door.
"She had much better not be known as Westwood's daughter," said Mrs. Rumbold, with decision, quite heedless of Cynthia 's presence.
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