Ernest
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Ernest told Whiskey Riff early this year that he and McAfee had recorded eight or nine songs together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Just down the road from FourJaw in the city centre is scissor-maker Ernest Wright.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“It’s hard to find things that are not made of plastic,” says Phoebe Stapleton, an associate professor in the department of pharmacology and toxicology at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
You want an adviser who has the financial aspirations of Warren Buffett — not the literary breadth of Ernest Hemingway.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Did you tell me the truth when you told me Ernest gave you an automobile as part payment of that job?”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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