Edwina
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Although there is scarcely a reader of history unaware of the widely rumored affair between Edwina Mountbatten—the viceroy’s wife—and Jawaharlal Nehru, that most worldly of Indian anti-imperialists, Mr. Dalrymple repackages it with jaunty mischief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Dr Edwina Hegarty is a trainee doctor in infectious diseases at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024
Edwina von Gal, a landscape designer in East Hampton, N.Y., who founded the Perfect Earth Project a decade ago to promote toxin-free, biodiverse gardens, emphasizes that lawns are not inherently negative.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024
Other political figures who've had stints in the jungle include Robert Kilroy-Silk in 2008, Nadine Dorries in 2012, Edwina Currie in 2014, and Kezia Dugdale and Stanley Johnson in 2017.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2023
Mama’s voice was low but firm, and Ophie nodded, her gaze on the beaming Edwina and Richard.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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