Dickinson, Emily

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1. A nineteenth-century American poet, famous for her short, evocative poems. Some of her best-known poems begin, “There is no frigate like a book,” “Because I could not stop for Death / He kindly stopped for me,” “I never saw a moor,” and “I'm nobody! Who are you?”

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Example Sentences

In Dickinson, Emily’s world is expanding, even as we know from history that tragedy looms.

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The name’s “Dickinson” — Emily Dickson — in this darkly comic series starring “Bumblebee’s” Hailee Steinfeld as the beloved 19th-century poet.

From Los Angeles Times

Britain's new-look women's pursuit team of Eleanor Dickinson, Emily Kay, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson remain in the hunt for a bronze medal after finishing fifth in qualifying, and face Poland in the first round on Thursday.

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From Project Gutenberg

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