Ionesco
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The impulse to join the herd—any herd—is as seductive as it is dangerous, Ionesco suggests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
No one would ever confuse Harold Pinter with Jean Genet, or Beckett with Ionesco for that matter.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Theatre of the Absurd pioneer Ionesco had called it an anti-Nazi play.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2021
He also tried his hand at theater directing, putting on a well-received program of Beckett and Ionesco plays in Los Angeles in 1961.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
If the new baker was indeed Madame Ionesco, it would explain all those dreadful, bad-smelling loaves, for the spooky Madame was not above bending the rules to suit her own purposes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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