Dorcas
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"If Ebola comes, we'll be wiped out as we're packed like sardines," Dorcas Mapenzi said at the Kingonze camp on the outskirts of Bunia, the provincial capital.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
“There are good things that happen when the water table is raised,” said Dorcas Benard, an environmental and biosystems engineer.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2024
Dorcas Reilly, who was one of the first full-time members of Campbell’s home economics department, took the challenge in stride.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2023
When 14-year-old Dorcas Cherop's family was told she needed to undergo at least a year's treatment in Uganda for bladder cancer - her future looked bleak.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2023
That lean beanpole—for Miss Lavinia was lean in comparison to Madge and Dorcas, who had always been held up to Johnny as the end-all of feminine beauty.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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