Lenore
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As for the pictures, they’re shrouded in ominous shadows, but although the raven’s eyes burn like embers, the bird does nothing worse than cry “nevermore,” and Lenore, when she appears, looks downright comely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
But that is something that the married couple Profs Lenore and Manuel Blum, both emeritus professors at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, believe will change, possibly quite soon.
From BBC ● May 25, 2025
When Ady and Sanite are separated, Ady meets Lenore, proprietress of the Mockingbird Inn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Hanauer and his mother Lenore held a minority investment in the Reign when the Predmores relocated the club to Tacoma in January 2019.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Lenore leaves the room and I realize now that I could run away.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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