Marion

[ mar-ee-uhn, mair- ]

/ ˈmær i ən, ˈmɛər- /

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noun

Francis, "the Swamp Fox", 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.

a city in central Ohio.

a city in central Indiana.

a city in E Iowa.

a city in S Illinois.

a male or female given name.

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How to use Marion in a sentence

His wife, Marion, is tending to her own secrets, processing a decades-old trauma.
The 34 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2021|Arianna Rebolini|August 30, 2021|Time
Marion grew up in the outdoor hub of Salida, Colorado, but swears the site isn’t “some deep-seated, psychoanalytic adolescent resentment coming out.”
When Corporate Activism Has a Dark Side|Erin Berger|April 22, 2021|Outside Online
In researching Ours, Marion took a lot of inspiration from John Hultgren’s book Border Walls Gone Green, which explores how anti-immigration values show up more subtly in many environmentalists’ efforts.
When Corporate Activism Has a Dark Side|Erin Berger|April 22, 2021|Outside Online
In Iowa, about 85 percent of the original road still exists, and Lincoln Highway purists can see the Seedling Mile, Iowa’s first paved portion, halfway between Marion and Mount Vernon, and a preserved section of brick highway in Woodbine.
Just in time for summer: 49 new National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads|Andrea Sachs|April 16, 2021|Washington Post

The people photographed at the Marion lynching did not try hide their faces.
My Father Wrote 'Strange Fruit.' The Capitol Rioters Had a Lot in Common With the Lynch Mobs That Inspired That Song|Robert Meeropol|March 5, 2021|Time
One of the last great rascal pols, Marion Barry left his mark—for good and ill—on Washington, D.C., and the country.
Despite Crack and Graft, D.C. Loved ‘Hizzoner’ Marion Barry|Lloyd Grove|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, his grandfather was named Marion—also the birth name of John Wayne.
‘Archer’ Season 6 Preview: Cast and Crew on Rebranding and Dropping ISIS|Marlow Stern|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From H.L. Mencken: The Days Trilogy, Expanded Edition, edited by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers and published by The Library of America.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Governor Robert Marion La Follette had ordered a peaceful convention—no riots, no stampedes.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics|Michael Wolraich|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Marion Barry, the former four-time mayor of Washington D.C., notorious for being filmed smoking crack, is the archetypal survivor.
Marion Barry: ‘I Did It My Way’|Lloyd Grove|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Chrome dinettes and plastic furniture are manufactured in plants located at Marion.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
At that moment a loud knocking was heard at the door, and the voice of Marion, one of the maid-servants, was heard outside.
Hunted and Harried|R.M. Ballantyne
Marion had lost her freshness and her exquisite ætherial quality; otherwise there was little change in her appearance.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
Marion was enthroned upon the picnic-basket, with much pomp, and her guitar placed in her hand by Claude Moreton.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
This celebrated alchemist lived to be one hundred and thirty years old,—an age which some biographers give to Marion de Lorme.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac