New Englander
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Racked with torment over her proximity to evil, Hilda makes a desperate confession to a Catholic priest, who happens to be a New Englander.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
"I'll be waiting for my turn," the soft-spoken New Englander said.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025
What New Englander has never uttered the words “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity”?
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025
As a former New Englander, snow is synonymous with hours of shoveling, window scraping and piles of murky sludge lining the roads.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Every New Englander knew the location of the universe’s seat of culture, and it was to Boston that she now journeyed with her flock.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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