Phineas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He convinces himself without any justification that Phineas is his enemy and “had deliberately set out to wreck” his studies by distracting him from schoolwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
A terrible accident left construction worker Phineas Gage with serious brain damage.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
There were plenty of big-thinking and big-acting characters; Phineas Banning was a move-fast-and-break-things guy when there was nothing to break except the public’s determination to say “nope, can’t be done.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
The three-member panel will be chaired by Phineas Mojapelo, former deputy judge president of Gauteng province.
From Reuters ● May 28, 2023
In our time, Professor Malcolm Macmillan, an Australian psychologist who is the world's leading expert on Phineas Gage, makes a massive effort to track down the story.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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