Phyllis

[ fil-is ]

/ ˈfɪl ɪs /

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a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.

Also Phyliss. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “green leaf.”

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

A spinoff, “Phyllis,” aired on CBS from 1975 to 1977, featuring her as a decidedly ungrieving widow in San Francisco.
Cloris Leachman, Oscar-winning actress who played Frau Blücher (neighhh!) in ‘Young Frankenstein,’ dies at 94|Adam Bernstein|January 27, 2021|Washington Post
Her friends Phyllis Cunningham, 75, and Eva-Lee Baird, 74, stood with her.
Eric Garner Protests: ‘It’s Like Vietnam’|Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson, Jacob Siegel, Chris Allbritton|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Phyllis, who was a nurse, went down to Mississippi to provide medical care for people like Joan.
Eric Garner Protests: ‘It’s Like Vietnam’|Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson, Jacob Siegel, Chris Allbritton|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The crusty conservative battle-ax Phyllis Schlafly is giving speeches saying that Obama worships government like a god.
RFRA Madness: What’s Next for Anti-Democratic ‘Religious Exemptions’|Jay Michaelson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Phyllis is a short, stocky, enraged-seeming woman with a high, strident voice and piercing stare.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I nod my head and try to concentrate on what Phyllis is telling me, but my eye keeps wandering across her yard.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Guess Virginia hasnt come out of the bank yet, Phyllis said, looking the length of the street and not seeing the western girl.
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Phyllis reached over, picked up the gun, and leveled it calmly at the bandits.
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Mr. Wilson handed a small caliber revolver each to Gale and Phyllis.
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Ill never get used to that noise if I stay here a hundred years, declared Phyllis.
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As Gale and Phyllis lay down on their bed of boughs in the tent with Valerie, a coyote howled dismally in the distance.
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