Horatio
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He got to know Abel better through their shared involvement in the nonprofit Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
In all, Vance’s story of the Horatio Alger myth made real in Appalachia is actually one where he received much help and assistance along the way.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024
When Rylance’s Hamlet “returns to meet Yorick’s skull and Ophelia’s funeral,” he finds “something like unbrooding peace at last,” a description that Horatio might wish to borrow as he reports his friend’s story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Long before Samantha Lotus, there was William Horatio Bates, an ophthalmologist at the turn of the 20th century who developed the so-called Bates method for improving vision.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2023
Then I listened in amazement as Hamlet related how he had gone with Horatio to the parapet last night, to the very place of our embracing.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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