Example Sentences

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The namer was a conservative website called the DC Enquirer.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

It's supposed to be kept between the namer and the named - a dark reminder to the growing child that one person saw into his or her soul at birth.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2017

Pyle's an expert namer: He has named two dozen species in publications and has dozens more in the works.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 2, 2017

Rafinesque, an excellent piece in Atlas Obscura notes, “was an extremely enthusiastic namer of species: during his career as a naturalist, he named 2,700 plant genera and 6,700 species, approximately”.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2016

This woman was the giver of American names, a powerful namer, though it was American names; my parents gave the Chinese names.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston