Phelps
[felps]
- William Ly·on [lahy-uh n] /ˈlaɪ ən/, 1865–1943, U.S. educator and literary critic.
- a male given name.
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Examples from the Web for phelps
Contemporary Examples
Things began to look up, she said in the post, when she met Phelps, 29, on Tinder.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells AllAurora Snow
November 26, 2014
After all, the small congregation— about 40 strong —is comprised almost entirely of the Phelps brood.
Raised a Methodist, Phelps was ordained a Southern Baptist minister in 1947 at the age of 17.
Phelps approach to sharing “good news” was always dogmatic, extreme, and seemingly void of humanity.
Phelps lay along a continuum of conservatism—not on the other side of a border from it.
Historical Examples
Why, we heard that your cousin had died—that is, I heard it was a cousin; Phelps heard it was an uncle.
Cap'n Dan's DaughterJoseph C. Lincoln
Here was I saying it was a cousin and Phelps declaring it was an uncle.
Cap'n Dan's DaughterJoseph C. Lincoln
"We'd search them just the same," said Mr. Phelps, grinning.
Wild Justice: Stories of the South SeasLloyd Osbourne
Clemens, and Phelps too, it seems, felt overshadowed by this ancestry.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
"Mr. Phelps tells me you suffer from somnambulism," the doctor went on.
The Ivory Snuff BoxArnold Fredericks
Phelps
- Michael (Fred). born 1985, US swimmer, who won a record eighteen gold medals at three Olympic Games: six in 2004, eight in 2008, and four in 2012
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