Lindley
Americannoun
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John, 1799–1865, English botanist.
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a male or female given name.
Example Sentences
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Filling out the romantic entanglements were Dawson’s friend Pacey Witter, played by Jackson, and Jen Lindley, the new-in-town girl played by Williams.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Another Skelmanthorpe resident, Mick Lindley, claimed his water pressure - supplied directly to his home - was "absolutely rubbish".
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
A gray Honda traveling northbound on Lindley Avenue collided with the bicyclist near Napa Street around 9:15 p.m., authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024
PC Cameron Lindley, of West Yorkshire Police, was called to a disturbance in Bradford on 1 December 2021 when colleagues asked for urgent support.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023
Sir Joseph Hooker reviewed the book in the Gardeners' Chronicle, writing in a successful imitation of the style of Lindley, the Editor.
From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles
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