Elaine
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
a female given name, form of Helen.
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How to use Elaine in a sentence
I have learned that mice live only 18 months or so, so Elaine’s time on Earth is short.
Gene Weingarten: My new housemate and a prescription for world peace | Gene Weingarten | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostRecently, Elaine brazenly ran out from under the sofa to try to find some morsel of food — I had left a jar of fig jam uncovered on the living room floor, so this was not a completely insane notion.
Gene Weingarten: My new housemate and a prescription for world peace | Gene Weingarten | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostI do not know the new roommate’s given name, if she has one, but I call her Elaine.
Gene Weingarten: My new housemate and a prescription for world peace | Gene Weingarten | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostThen Elaine noticed that Rachel was watching her, and didn’t care.
Gene Weingarten: My new housemate and a prescription for world peace | Gene Weingarten | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostElaine set the length of the stick to 1 and supposed Fatch’s bite was a distance x from the top.
In the late 1980s, Hawking began to grow close to his redheaded, controlling nurse, Elaine Mason.
The Other Side of Stephen Hawking: Strippers, Aliens, and Disturbing Abuse Claims | Marlow Stern | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen, in 2006, Hawking and Elaine divorced, and neither of them spoke about the marriage.
The Other Side of Stephen Hawking: Strippers, Aliens, and Disturbing Abuse Claims | Marlow Stern | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTElaine Kamarck, a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, wondered if their jobs pose a conflict of interest.
Louis-Dreyfus made a joke that Cranston looked like a character Elaine had dated on Seinfeld.
The Best Emmys Moments: Seth Meyers, Bryan Cranston, and a 'Seinfeld' Kiss | Kevin Fallon | August 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou worked with the late, great Elaine Stritch twice—on September and Small Time Crooks.
Woody Allen on ‘Magic in the Moonlight,’ the Crisis in Gaza, and Those Allegations | Marlow Stern | July 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe didn't like Elaine any more, but he knew that the code demanded that he should show resentment of the intrusion.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounLifting himself up on his hands and knees he saw Jim and Elaine scrambling into a taxicab.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood Broun"Don't waste your time on the big souse, Jim," said Elaine clutching at the arm of the man who had threatened her.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounWhen the knight was able to ride, he went back to Astolat with Elaine and Lavaine.
Stories of King Arthur's Knights | Mary MacGregorWhen Elaine took the diamond from Sir Gawaine she went to her father.
Stories of King Arthur's Knights | Mary MacGregor
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