Erma
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Erma Jackson, who has a home childcare center in Chicago, told Salon the mere presence of ICE in Chicago is absolutely affecting children and schools across the city.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2025
He’d been estranged from his father, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, since he was 11, and his mother, Erma Gene Christian, had been tight-lipped about her own history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
He and wife Erma raised six children there.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
“I watched the Watergate hearings for three days before I realized it wasn’t the ‘Secret Storm,’ ” wrote humor columnist Erma Bombeck.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2022
But since Erma was my grandmother, I never said anything when she used it.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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