Desmond Tutu
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Desmond Tutu
C20: a pun on 2:2 and Desmond Tutu
Example Sentences
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu said it so well: “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the 1984 winner, said becoming a Nobel laureate was a double-edged sword.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023
Archbishop Desmond Tutu even had to ask him to leave a funeral because so many black mourners were throwing stones.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
Jr. delivered his final Sunday sermon from the pulpit of Washington National Cathedral; Archbishop Desmond Tutu preached there on the first anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
But my colleagues and, later, my wife argued that for security reasons I should stay with Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Bishop’s Court, a plush residence in a white suburb.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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