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Muriel

American  
[myoor-ee-uhl] / ˈmyʊər i əl /

noun

  1. a female given name.


Example Sentences

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“If you stayed long though this whole thing, you are good,” said Mark Malek, chief investment officer at Muriel Siebert & Co.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

However, her friend Muriel was up for the adventure and hopped onboard, only for the pair to just as quickly fall off.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Muriel Spark’s protagonist—“she might be as young as twenty-nine or as old as thirty-six”—comes to us, at first, as a burlesque.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat — have embraced them.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

Clover asked Benjamin to read her the Sixth Commandment, and when Benjamin, as usual, said that he refused to meddle in such matters, she fetched Muriel.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell