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Marilyn

American  
[mar-uh-lin] / ˈmær ə lɪn /
Or Marilynne

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Mary.


Example Sentences

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When she realized no such space existed, she and her close friend, Marilyn Hollinquest, created one.

From Los Angeles Times

Apple runs her high-femme coven out of their store Free Eden with an emphasis on iconic women: The girls confess to their martyr Marilyn Monroe in a dressing room and practice dark magic with their panties and a silver cowboy boot.

From Los Angeles Times

The film’s theatrical provenance reveals itself in long monologues in the Marilyn confessional room and Pedretti delivers one that reveals the depth beyond Cherry’s ditzy exterior.

From Los Angeles Times

While she’s toured with Marilyn Manson, and some might slot Peaches into a sort of “shock rock” category, she definitively knows where she stands.

From Los Angeles Times

“Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn, and all that.”

From The Wall Street Journal