Frances
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The project was led by Dr Frances Orton, an environmental biologist at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Frances Poet, who wrote the script, also wrote the play Small Acts of Love, which reopened the Citizens Theatre last autumn.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
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
Trainer Carl Nafzger famously described Unbridled’s stretch run to 92-year-old owner Frances Genter, whose eyesight was failing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
Moving between Washington and Montpelier meant frequent separations from Fanny and their children: Felix, William, Frances, John, and Franklin.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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