Eleanor
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
His wife, Lady Eleanor Donaldson, denies five charges of aiding and abetting his alleged offending.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Find it in the classroom of the Eleanor Roosevelt fruit and vegetable garden.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Eleanor Hayward reports for the Times of London on the situation in British emergency rooms, known as Accident & Emergency departments:
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
When asked about the possibility of the war dragging out for years, research director Eleanor Budds played down the risk.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Eleanor wondered; has she decided that I am not fit to stay?
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.