Goneril
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Nobody cheers for Goneril and Regan as they wreak destruction on their pitiable father.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Most of those who resurrect her do so to account for the psychology of Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2021
Jackson doesn’t think Goneril and Regan are “naturally evil.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2019
Goneril is a monster; Gargi is a capitalist.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2018
Lear had estranged the affection of Goneril and Regan through his partiality for Cordelia.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
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