Longfellow

[ lawng-fel-oh, long- ]

/ ˈlɔŋˌfɛl oʊ, ˈlɒŋ- /

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noun

Henry Wadsworth

[wodz-werth], /ˈwɒdz wərθ/, 1807–82, U.S. poet.

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Words nearby Longfellow

longeron, longevity, longevous, long face, long-faced, Longfellow, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, long finger, Longford, long-form, long gallery

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How to use Longfellow in a sentence

His son, who is 15, was walking to practice soccer at a field near Longfellow by himself on Monday, which he often does.
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She has not told her daughter, her youngest child, about the Longfellow incident because she does not want to scare the girl.
Asian student verbally harassed, spat at outside Fairfax middle school|Hannah Natanson, Justin Jouvenal|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
“It’s a favorite place for him, he felt safe,” his father said of the Longfellow soccer field.
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The story of how he inadvertently made a Champagne-style wine that even wowed Europe and inspired a poem by Longfellow.
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Longfellow, author of the poem “The Song of Hiawatha,” about an Indian hero, likely met Isaac Pharaoh there.
The House that Slavery Built|Jane Ciabattari|July 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I have seen tougher fights at the Longfellow Middle School PTA.
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He is to America what Paul Revere was to the Brits—without the horsemanship, the lanterns, and the Longfellow.
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One of the best of all parodies is one in imitation of Longfellow's "Excelsior," entitled "Tobacco."
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The English-speaking world became acquainted with him chiefly through the translations of Longfellow.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
This beautiful allegory has been "done into verse" by Longfellow in Hiawatha.
Indian Legends of Minnesota|Various
The reader will not fail to remark the record-book bound in pigskin as a resemblance in detail to Longfellow's version.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland
Longfellow and Holmes answered in a fine spirit of kindliness, and Miss Emerson wrote for her father in the same tone.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine

British Dictionary definitions for Longfellow

Longfellow

/ (ˈlɒŋˌfɛləʊ) /

noun

Henry Wadsworth. 1807–82, US poet, noted particularly for his long narrative poems Evangeline (1847) and The Song of Hiawatha (1855)

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