Dorcas
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Dorcas Mapenzi fears the worst if Ebola comes to the Kingonze camp, where she lives alongside more than 25,000 other displaced people in the conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Jensen’s grandmother, Dorcas Anderson, was MVP of the 1921 state tournament for Audubon and nicknamed “Lotty” because she scored a lot of points.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Dorcas Reilly, who was one of the first full-time members of Campbell’s home economics department, took the challenge in stride.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2023
"We get everything, from accommodation, food to even clothes," Dorcas told the BBC as she sat on a swing in a BCF garden in Kampala.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023
‘Ma abets him. And Ma says it’s not suitable for grown women like Madge and Dorcas to be carrying buckets through the streets. So I’m the one.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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