Dorothea
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Masson, like many of the most persuasive artists in “Dreamworld”—Picasso, Arp, André Kertész, Calder, Dorothea Tanning—engaged for a time with innovative Surrealist ideas but, evolving, didn’t forever worship at the altar of the absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
As Dorothea Touwen, a medical ethicist who reviewed his case, later recalled, his physician agreed that no more could be done.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2025
The star witness was Archerd’s third wife, a former nurse named Dorothea Sheehan, who was infuriated when he annulled their marriage to wed another woman the next day.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
Queenie Hall, known as Robbie, who has already reached the landmark, and Dorothea Barron, 99, whose birthday is next month, flew in two aircraft from the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar in Westerham, Kent, on Thursday.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024
April was thinking about the next day, telling herself that it didn’t matter whether the people at Wilson School were friendly or not, because Dorothea would write soon saying she wanted April to come home.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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