Joanne

[ joh-an ]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

Joanne, his wife, is a prisoner in her marriage who bears the brunt of her husband’s emotional and physical abuse.

From Washington Post

We spend much of the novel on tenterhooks, wondering how and when the lid on the father’s explosive anger will blow, and hoping for the best outcome for Joanne’s new pregnancy, about which she is ambivalent at best.

From Washington Post

He and his wife, Joanne, are also major supporters of nursing programs at nearby Trinity Washington University and other institutions.

From Washington Post

Ten days later, when the dust had settled, MSF President Joanne Liu called their bluff.

From The Daily Beast

During the bus ride from Hanoi's airport I blurted out the whole story to Joanne.

From The Daily Beast

Luckily I found Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and her organization MISS.

From The Daily Beast

They met in 1970 when Carson hired Bushkin to handle his divorce from his second wife, Joanne.

From The Daily Beast

Vidal slept with Anaïs Nin and enjoyed close friendships with women including Claire Bloom and Joanne Woodward.

From The Daily Beast

M. Joanne himself, that energetic hunter after small towns, says not a word of it.

From Project Gutenberg

He would not have moved, nor would he have spoken, until Joanne herself broke the spell.

From Project Gutenberg

The oppressive and crushing effect of Joanne's first mention of a husband was gone.

From Project Gutenberg

He lighted the lantern, and in the glow of it Joanne's and Peggy's faces were white and startled.

From Project Gutenberg

There were other women at Tête Jaune, the wives of men he knew, to whom he might have taken Joanne.

From Project Gutenberg