Joanne

[ joh-an ]

/ dʒoʊˈæn /

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noun

a female given name.

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Also Jo·ann, Jo Ann, Jo·an·na

[joh-an-uh]. /dʒoʊˈæn ə/.

Words nearby Joanne

jo, Joab, Joachim, Joachim of Fiore, Joan, Joanne, joannes, Joan of Arc, João Pessoa, Joash, job

How to use Joanne in a sentence

Joanne, his wife, is a prisoner in her marriage who bears the brunt of her husband’s emotional and physical abuse.
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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.
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He and his wife, Joanne, are also major supporters of nursing programs at nearby Trinity Washington University and other institutions.
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Ten days later, when the dust had settled, MSF President Joanne Liu called their bluff.
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During the bus ride from Hanoi's airport I blurted out the whole story to Joanne.
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Luckily I found Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and her organization MISS.
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They met in 1970 when Carson hired Bushkin to handle his divorce from his second wife, Joanne.
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Vidal slept with Anaïs Nin and enjoyed close friendships with women including Claire Bloom and Joanne Woodward.
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M. Joanne himself, that energetic hunter after small towns, says not a word of it.
A Winter Amid the Ice|Jules Verne
He would not have moved, nor would he have spoken, until Joanne herself broke the spell.
The Hunted Woman|James Oliver Curwood
The oppressive and crushing effect of Joanne's first mention of a husband was gone.
The Hunted Woman|James Oliver Curwood
He lighted the lantern, and in the glow of it Joanne's and Peggy's faces were white and startled.
The Hunted Woman|James Oliver Curwood
There were other women at Tête Jaune, the wives of men he knew, to whom he might have taken Joanne.
The Hunted Woman|James Oliver Curwood