Ossie
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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They are currently suffering their worst run in 32 years since a similar streak under Ossie Ardiles in 1994.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Goldblatt was friendly with the merchant Ossie Docrat and photographed several generations of the Docrat family dealing with their displacement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
There’s a picture of Dan Minahan, Pam Grier and Ossie Davis at the Sutton Place Hotel rehearsing, and having that photo is very, very meaningful to me.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025
I think Ossie Davis is still saying something powerful to this generation about the unfiltered, unedited Black voice, Black imagination, Black humor, Black genius.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024
As the documentary film moved forward, the voice-over of our dear family friend and loving “uncle” actor Ossie Davis delivered the eulogy from my father’s funeral in 1965.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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