Marston

[ mahr-stuh n ]

/ ˈmɑr stən /

noun

John,c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.

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Example sentences from the Web for marston

Marston met Olive Byrne while a professor at Tufts and away from his wife.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Marston declared that women should rule the world but remained a patriarch.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It brings out the distance and doubt that festered within the proximate intimacy of the Marston family.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Marston died in 1947, her political edge waned still further.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When Marston wanted Byrne to move in with him and Holloway, they came to a polyamorous agreement.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Marston saw Wyndham run aft and push the Kroo from the wheel, but this was the last he saw clearly for sometime.
Wyndham's Pal|Harold Bindloss
Charles paused, and Marston clapped his hands and said, "hear, hear!"
Ravenshoe|Henry Kingsley
Marston, I might remark, was quickly apprehended; if he made a copy of the letter, he had no opportunity to use it.
The Cab of the Sleeping Horse|John Reed Scott
One was Mary's, and the other I knew to be young Marston's, the minister's son.
Quite So|Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Marston wondered whether she felt she was making something of a plunge; but if she did so, he knew she would not hesitate.
Wyndham's Pal|Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for marston

Marston

/ (ˈmɑːstən) /

noun

John. ?1576–1634, English dramatist and satirist. His works include the revenge tragedies Antonio and Mellida (1602) and Antonio's Revenge (1602) and the satirical comedy The Malcontent (1604)

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