Marston

[ mahr-stuhn ]

/ ˈmɑr stən /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Marston

marshy, Marsilid, Marsilius of Padua, marsipobranch, Mars red, Marston, Marston Moor, marsupial, marsupial bone, marsupial mole, marsupial mouse

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How to use Marston in a sentence

Rolland this week reiterated the city’s long-held conclusion that the city isn’t bound by Marston’s directive, a fact that Lincoln previously said didn’t pass muster with title companies who advised they’d be unwilling to insure the building.
Officials Eye the Old Central Library for Homeless Shelter, Again|Lisa Halverstadt|December 3, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Marston lived with wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston and partner Olive Byrne in a “nonconformist” way, according to Lepore’s book.
She was the ‘secret’ Wonder Woman writer in the 1940s. Here’s how she finally got her due at 94.|Michael Cavna|April 8, 2021|Washington Post
A half-year later, when Marston was weakened by polio, she handled more and more writing.
She was the ‘secret’ Wonder Woman writer in the 1940s. Here’s how she finally got her due at 94.|Michael Cavna|April 8, 2021|Washington Post
When Marston was diagnosed with polio some five months after they started working together, she took on an increasingly significant share of the writing.
Joye Hummel, first woman hired to write Wonder Woman comics, dies at 97|Harrison Smith|April 8, 2021|Washington Post

Hummel at first typed Marston’s scripts before writing more than 70 scripts of her own, with detailed instructions for the artists.
Joye Hummel, first woman hired to write Wonder Woman comics, dies at 97|Harrison Smith|April 8, 2021|Washington Post
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
Her microhistories weave compelling lives into larger stories, and William Moulton Marston is irresistible.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The protagonist is the creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston, born in 1893.
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
Miss Marston had said that they must think me very unladylike.
We Ten|Lyda Farrington Kraus
So I took my seat, and Miss Marston shut the door and went away.
We Ten|Lyda Farrington Kraus
Marston Moor, where the adherents of Charles I. were defeated.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
Bertha said to Mrs. Marston, "Why, Helen, you have more steak here than we can eat in a week."
A California Girl|Edward Eldridge
When she arrived Stella was warmly welcomed into the elegantly furnished home of Mrs. Marston.
A California Girl|Edward Eldridge

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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