Nostromo
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“I thought it was important that the Maginot and the Nostromo be of the same generation of ships,” says Hawley, who has ample experience referencing a classic film with his “Fargo” series.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Kotto’s Parker died terribly, but so did everyone else on the Nostromo except for Ripley and the starship’s cat Jonesy.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024
Instead, the dimly lit corridors of The Nostromo were just sets built at a studio near London.
From Fox News • Oct. 15, 2021
Mr. Kotto played the engineer Parker, traveling on the spaceship Nostromo with an otherwise all-White crew that included Sigourney Weaver and John Hurt, who becomes the host for a parasitic alien.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2021
Nostromo, with his Cargadores, was pressing them too hard then.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Conrad, Joseph
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