Ripley

[rip-lee]

noun

1. George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.

Ripley

/ ˈrɪplɪ /

noun

1. George . 1802–80, US social reformer and transcendentalist: founder of the Brook Farm experiment in communal living in Massachusetts (1841)

Example Sentences

On social media, Carol Ripley said: "Sorry but this is just not fair on voters who elected this councillor."

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“It’s the rusticity of it,” adds Juan Dela Cruz, a Bungalow Heaven resident and Craftsman homeowner who is guiding me on a tour of the neighborhood along with John G. Ripley, another local Craftsman owner and co-author of the book “Pasadena’s Bungalow Heaven,” ahead of Craftsman Week.

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“The idea was to be frank and honest,” says Dela Cruz’s fellow tour guide, Ripley.

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I would invite Patricia Highsmith so that we could talk about “Ripley” and how she feels about the latest adaptation of Ripley in comparison to the film with Matt Damon.

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There’s no question as to whether humans are worse than the xenomorphs by the end of “The Real Monsters,” as Ellen Ripley mused in “Aliens.”

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