Frances
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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She’s there to see if her newly married, newly wealthy and perennially selfish sister, Frances, might be willing to spare some money to help her family back home.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The 35-year-old is running the marathon to support It's Never You, a charity founded by his friends, Ceri and Frances Menai-Davis, after their six-year-old son, Hugh, died from a rare cancer.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
Frances Perkins, Franklin Roosevelt’s Labor secretary, recalled having to clean up the agency — not just morally and ethically, but with broom and bucket, when she took over from William Nuckles Doak, Herbert Hoover’s appointee.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
He joins Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan as the only male actors with three Oscars -- a feat also achieved by Meryl Streep, Ingrid Bergman, Frances McDormand and Katharine Hepburn, who won four.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
But Frances Miranda Gonzagaga, the inventor of whatnots, wasn’t just confident enough to make the creatures and sell them to rich parents.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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