Enright

/ (ˈɛnraɪt) /

noun

D (ennis) J (oseph). 1920–2002, British poet, essayist, and editor

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Example sentences from the Web for enright

I found this as exciting as Enright did—she sounded giddy—but one of my coworkers was less enthused.
Adnan Killed Her! No, Jay Did It! Serial’s Uncertain, True-to-Reality End|Emily Shire|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“They were buying Evie her first laptop; a little netbook,” Enright writes.
Literary Gold in Hard Times|Chloë Schama|November 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Doyle, Enright, and Banville have all won the Booker and the attendant publicity surely increased their American readership.
Read Me, I'm Irish|Mark Salter|March 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
By advice of Enright that prodigal's took to cover over in Red Dog ontil we've made shore about the fatted calf.
Faro Nell and Her Friends|Alfred Henry Lewis

At this lib'ral'ty the Red Dog chief squeezes Enright's hand a heap fraternal, an' chokes with emotion.
Faro Nell and Her Friends|Alfred Henry Lewis
At their showin' up Enright begins to onkiver his diplomacy.
Faro Nell and Her Friends|Alfred Henry Lewis
Which I'm a heap like Enright in sech reespects, an' shore tol'rant.
Faro Nell and Her Friends|Alfred Henry Lewis
Enright himse'f says Moore's entitled to a monyooment for the idee.
Faro Nell and Her Friends|Alfred Henry Lewis

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