Horatio
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Curricula used to include stories like those by Horatio Alger about people pulling themselves up from poverty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Horatio, who can admittedly get lost in the woodwork, barely registers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
In the early 20th century’s Gilded Age, the best-selling books weren’t the ones we consider classics, but Horatio Alger’s inspirational pulp.
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
Long before Samantha Lotus, there was William Horatio Bates, an ophthalmologist at the turn of the 20th century who developed the so-called Bates method for improving vision.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2023
“Can this deceit be wrong, if it preserves what is virtuous?” asked Horatio.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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