Clarissa
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“The economic priorities dominate,” said Clarissa Martínez De Castro, vice president of the group’s Latino Vote Initiative.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Joyce’s Leopold Bloom and Woolf’s Peter Walsh “are wanderers like Odysseus. Molly Bloom and Clarissa Dalloway are the women to whom Bloom and Peter return, as Odysseus returns to Penelope.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Clarissa Doutherd, executive director of Parent Voices Oakland, said eliminating Head Start would bring many families to a breaking point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
Later, he tells Clarissa that the key to his marriage is that “I watch her and she watches me — and I will protect her no matter what.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
Clarissa laughed, then glanced up at the muted TV.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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