Jemima
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Until, that is, they conceive of a plan to get Lady Jemima to accept Lord Wynstowe as her husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
When I asked Jemima why she felt she was able to consume all this graphic content, she recognized that at this time in her life she was deeply desensitized.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
She then married financier Sir James Goldsmith and they had three children: Jemima, Zac and Ben Goldsmith.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
Even more than Dunham’s Hannah, Zosia Mamet’s Shoshanna and Jemima Kirke’s Jessa — all self-absorbed twentysomethings taking turns making bad decisions — Marnie was the definition of vanity.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2025
She pretended to clean up spilled cake, and to get Jemima another piece.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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