Ethel
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”
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How to use Ethel in a sentence
You haven’t lived until you’ve heard Ethel Merman belt out “Everything’s Coming Up Roses!”
Lucy and her friend Ethel are tasked with wrapping chocolates passing by on a conveyor belt.
The use of unfounded fraud claims to limit voting access is more obvious than ever | Philip Bump | September 1, 2021 | Washington PostIn short order, the speed of the belt increases, and Lucy and Ethel are overwhelmed, incapable of completing the task at hand.
The use of unfounded fraud claims to limit voting access is more obvious than ever | Philip Bump | September 1, 2021 | Washington PostMost of the protagonists have now died but not the two boys, now men, for whom Ethel wanted desperately to be a mother, nor the social worker who helped her, before she was arrested, in her then primary goal of becoming a better mother.
How Today’s World Can Help Us See That There’s More to the Ethel Rosenberg Story | Anne Sebba | June 9, 2021 | TimeHowever, I fervently believe 2021 is a potent time to look again at Ethel as a woman in her own right, not just one half of the Rosenbergs.
How Today’s World Can Help Us See That There’s More to the Ethel Rosenberg Story | Anne Sebba | June 9, 2021 | Time
In 1919, Ethel Parsons and Telfor Paullin made a painting that lifts hearts and souls, just by being fine art.
So welcome back, Edna and Ethel; come on down, Gertrude and Percy; walk right in, Wilhelmina and Wolfgang.
Hot Baby Names for 2014 | Linda Rosenkrantz & Pamela Redmond Satran | December 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe elevator descended with a draft," he writes, "chilling Ethel in all the damp spots.
What the Leaked J.D. Salinger Stories Reveal About the Author | Andrew Romano | November 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1960, she made her Broadway debut in Gypsy, opposite Ethel Merman.
June Squibb, the Curse-Happy Elderly Mom In ‘Nebraska,’ Delivers the Year’s Funniest Turn | Marlow Stern | November 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLucy and Ethel wish to go to a nightclub, while Ricky and Fred would rather go see a fight.
The Week in Nostalgia: ‘Fight Club’ Hits Theaters, Cyndi Lauper’s Album Drops, and More (VIDEO) | Chancellor Agard | October 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNorman tarried to put his books into a neat leather case, and Ethel stood thinking.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeMiss Winter glanced unutterable things at Margaret, and Ethel began to perceive she had done something wrong.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeNor did Ethel know that that caricature had been the cause of the black eye that Harry had brought home last summer.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeEthel's understanding perceived, but her mind refused to grasp the extent of the calamity.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeThe first true pang of grief shot through Ethel like a dart, stabbing and taking away her breath, "Where are they?"
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte Yonge
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