Lourdes

[loord, loordz, loord]

noun

1. a city in SW France: Roman Catholic shrine famed for miraculous cures.

Lourdes

/ lurd /

noun

1. a town in SW France: a leading place of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics after a peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, had visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858. Pop: 15 203 (1999)

Example Sentences

The throw from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was off line but when Hernández didn’t slide, catcher Gabriel Moreno was able to retrieve the ball and tag the runner to complete the double play.

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The chief executive of L.A. city’s housing authority, Lourdes Castro Ramirez, said the agency would need 25 referrals a week, three times what it has historically received, to use its vouchers effectively.

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Madonna's Ray Of Light, written after the birth of her daughter Lourdes, eschewed her brash 1980s persona for a more spiritual, psychedelic sound.

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The school Tonatiuh attended as a kid, Our Lady of Lourdes, is also in the vicinity, as is the place where he learned to ride a bicycle, Hollenbeck Park.

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Lourdes Gurriel Jr. took his time.

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