Lindbergh

[lind-burg, lin-]

noun

1. Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).

2. Charles Augustus, 1902–74, U.S. aviator: made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight 1927.

Lindbergh

/ ˈlɪndbɜːɡ, ˈlɪnbɜːɡ /

noun

1. Charles Augustus. 1902–74, US aviator, who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic (1927)

Example Sentences

I raced around the house, my mind filled with visions of the Lindbergh baby and the movie “Raising Arizona.”

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In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first to fly solo across the Atlantic.

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Tensions were high, perhaps because of the national notoriety of the kidnapping-murder of Charles Lindbergh’s baby a year before.

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James Arthur Lovell Jr was born on 25 March 1928 - just a year after Charles Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic.

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The previous year the publishing exec had rushed out Charles Lindbergh’s bestselling “We,” which detailed Lindy’s solo flight across the Atlantic; he was hoping to achieve a similar success for Earhart.

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