Phineas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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While Phineas is charismatic, generous and has “a serene capacity for affection,” Gene is a self-conscious outsider who has to work hard to get good grades.
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
Much of this was the work of “the father of the port,” Phineas Banning, an indefatigable Wilmington, Del., native who bestowed that town’s name on the one he founded here.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025
The three-member panel will be chaired by Phineas Mojapelo, former deputy judge president of Gauteng province.
From Reuters • May 28, 2023
“Yes,” agreed Phineas in his deepest and most musical tone, “there’s me.”
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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