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Modjeska

[ maw-jes-kuh ]

/ mɔˈdʒɛs kə /

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He·le·na

[huh-ley-nuh], /həˈleɪ nə/, Helena Opid Modrzejewska, 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.

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Words nearby Modjeska

Modigliani, modillion, modiolus, modish, modiste, Modjeska, Modoc, modock wool, mod. praesc., Modred, Mods

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How to use Modjeska in a sentence

Evacuation orders are in effect for Modjeska, Silverado, and Williams Canyons.
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There was always something very odd to me about Helena Modjeska.
Memoirs of an American Prima Donna|Clara Louise Kellogg
Madame Modjeska has put it at my disposal, and Lynch and you must help me bear the responsibility thereof.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions|Slason Thompson
Night after night, when Modjeska played Camille, Field would occupy a front seat or a box.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions|Slason Thompson

But in her work she has no soul; she lacks the sensitive sweet lure of Duse, the serene and starlit poetry of Modjeska.
The Theory of the Theatre|Clayton Hamilton
Each one of us reveals his temperamental bias in the upholding of Bernhardt's or Duse's or Modjeska's respective readings.
Iconoclasts|James Huneker