Hepzibah
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I recognized this as the purely fictional place where Hawthorne’s Hepzibah Pyncheon opened a store in the opening pages of his novel.
From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018
Slay: People haven’t “slain” each other since they wore raiment of fine linen and had names like Ham and Hepzibah and Jehoshaphat.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2018
They have had able tutors for him and his sisters Hepzibah & Yaltah.
From Time Magazine Archive
"There was so much music in America I was revolted," said Pianist Hepzibah Menuhin, sister of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin, on her way back home to Australia after visiting California.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You naughty boy, you shouldn’t have!” squealed old Hepzibah, though Harry noticed that she had an empty vase standing ready on the nearest little table.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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