Frances
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
A man was arrested on suspicion of stealing the statue engraved with Frances McDormand's name from the Governors Ball after the 2018 Academy Awards.
From BBC • May 1, 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
Frances was talking on to him, smiling brightly, looking into his face each time she asked: "Isn't it so, Robert?"
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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