Hawthorne

[ haw-thawrn ]

/ ˈhɔˌθɔrn /

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noun

Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.

a city in NE New Jersey.

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How to use Hawthorne in a sentence

This is run by SpaceX primarily out of its facilities in Hawthorne, California.
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There are no sidewalks on this stretch of Hawthorne and passing motorists might look up and only see bits and pieces of the homes due to the trees.
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Woods was traveling northbound on Hawthorne, down a steep hill before a curve.
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Hawthorne, though, reduces the appeal of the Kraken to its dark essence.
A Kraken is loose in America|Dan Zak|December 10, 2020|Washington Post

While Houston operators kept tabs, SpaceX employees in Hawthorne, California ran the show.
The most daring aerospace innovations of 2020|By Rob Verger and Charlie Wood|December 2, 2020|Popular-Science
No one cares whether one of those names is going to be Mrs. Mellark or Mrs. Hawthorne.
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Unfortunately, Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne are not among them.
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It had rained all night and was still drizzling when I headed for the Hawthorne Race Course in suburban Cicero, Illinois.
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“Pea Tear Griffon” is singing what goes up must come down while reading Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Jollity and gloom were contending for an empire,” wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne in his story “The May-Pole of Merry Mount.
A History of American Fun|Stefan Beck|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hawthorne must leave one and go to the other until they meet in their awful desolation.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
Hawthorne in the long description already mentioned has retained those features which suggest quiet and peace.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
By contrasts to what has Hawthorne brought out better the character of the Apple Dealer?
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
Slow movement expressed by long sentences is well illustrated in Irving and Hawthorne.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
What Hawthorne has lately done for the classical mythology, Lamb has here done for Shakspeare.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions|George S. Boutwell

British Dictionary definitions for Hawthorne

Hawthorne

/ (ˈhɔːˌθɔːn) /

noun

Nathaniel. 1804–64, US novelist and short-story writer: his works include the novels The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851) and the children's stories Tanglewood Tales (1853)

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