Ostrovsky

British  

/ ɒsˈtrɒfskɪ /

noun

1. Aleksandr Nikolayevich. 1823–86, Russian dramatist, noted for his satirical comedies about the bourgeoisie. His plays include The Bankrupt (1849) and The Storm (1859), a tragedy

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Example Sentences

Mr. Ostrovsky is an international human-rights lawyer and head of the Sydney office of the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council.

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Ostrovsky immediately turned back to rush to his family.

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Wounded, Ostrovsky desperately tried calling his wife to check on her and their two daughters, ages 4 and 8, but was unable to get through.

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For Ostrovsky, the man who had left his wife and two daughters to get food, everything seemed to be fine when they arrived a little after 5.30 p.m. and saw bubbles and a petting zoo.

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Ostrovsky, a 45-year-old human-rights lawyer, had just moved back to Australia—where he grew up—from Israel roughly two weeks earlier.

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