Evadne
Americannoun
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the wife of Capaneus who threw herself on his funeral pyre.
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a daughter of Pelias, king of Iolcus.
Example Sentences
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"Did we know it was going to be an amazing, international hit? No - we had no idea," chorister Evadne Anderson said.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
He played Dr Evadne Hinge in the duo, who were well known in the 1970s and 1980s with TV shows on the BBC and a radio programmes on BBC Radio 2.
From BBC • May 21, 2023
And Smith’s brash but vulnerable Evadne is compelling, particularly in scenes that show her squaring off against men.
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2016
Trembling still, and not knowing how to relate it, Evadne stammered forth some words of her history.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various
Down, you deluding ministers of air, Evadne is not light, though she be fair.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
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