Dolores

[duh-lawr-is, -lohr-]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “sorrows.”

Example Sentences

He was the son of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Delbert Wong, the first Chinese American judge in the continental United States, and Dolores Wong, a psychiatric social worker and leader in the effort to establish a public library in Chinatown.

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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, a lovable, quick-witted nun who became a national phenomenon for her relentless support of the Loyola Chicago University basketball team during its magical Final Four run in 2018, died Thursday, the school said.

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Dolores Bertha Schmidt was born in San Francisco on Aug. 21, 1919, the oldest of three children.

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It was Dolores being around and saying yes to everything that I said.

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In 2015, I had done a show in Bakersfield, and after the show, I was at the meet-and-greet and I see a little old lady walk by, and I tell my friend, “I think that’s Dolores Huerta.”

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