Emily
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The committee chair, Dame Emily Thornberry, said she felt she had been "misled" by Sir Olly when he first appeared at the committee in November last year.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
“At this point, everyone I know knows someone whose husband has gambled away all their money,” political influencer Emily Amick, 41, whose book club feverishly discussed “Strangers.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The road sits off of Sunset Boulevard on a celebrity-filled lane where the likes of Kendall Jenner and Emily Blunt have lived and where Jimmy Kimmel once described himself as the neighborhood watch captain.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Emily Burns will direct the new adaptation of Hay Fever, which is being produced by Wessex Grove and Gavin Kalin Productions.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The rest of the group moves on to writing poems of their own, but Erica gives me permission to research Emily Dickinson instead.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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