Bontemps
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Frankie Bontemps, a second generation Chagossian in the UK, told the BBC that he felt "betrayed" and "angry" on Thursday because "Chagossians have never been involved" in the negotiations.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
“By the date of his first book of prose Hughes had become for many a symbol of the black renaissance,” Bontemps writes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2018
Our own Tim Bontemps predicts Washington will finish second in the Southeast division behind Atlanta, qualify for the playoffs as the sixth seed and lose in the first round.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2016
It goes back at least as far as 1931, when Arna Bontemps published his novel “God Sends Sunday.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2015
He reminded one of Roger Bontemps, or the Little Man in Gray; though with a difference.
From Hyperion by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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