Etta
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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This Valentine’s Day, with all due respect to Elvis Presley and Etta James, consider dedicating an unorthodox song of your own to your beloved.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Etta Cartmill has spent much of her young life in hospital, fighting to survive.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
Dionne Cartmill told Stephen Watson on The Nolan Show, that while the kidney condition was known, the family only found out Etta needed a liver transplant a year ago.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
Elsewhere, an early Karl Etta Eyong goal gave Cameroon a tense 1-0 win over Gabon in Agadir and Burkina Faso scored twice deep in added time to beat Equatorial Guinea 2-1 in Casablanca.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
Etta and Hazel were talking in the middle room.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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