Janie
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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At that moment, Janie - whose maiden name is Hughes - understood her life would change forever.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
"We started praying," Janie recalls, while in the background she heard the immigration agents arresting him.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
One week before his visit, the students emailed him a list of 35 questions that largely circled around Janie Hatley, the Arlington waitress who’d dated Ortiz.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Through her defense attorneys, Hatley—who changed her name to Janie Perkins after she got married in 1995—said she is innocent of the allegations.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
“Good-bye,” he said to Janie without taking his eyes off the baby skunk’s tiny face.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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