Sayers
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Dorothy L(eigh), 1893–1957, English novelist, essayist, and dramatist: creator of the Lord Peter Wimsey detectve stories.
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Gale Eugene, 1943–2020, U.S. football player.
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Example Sentences
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Sayers praised the art underlying the artifice, paraphrasing Aristotle on the practice of literary deception.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Mr Sayers also announced that the magazine's non-executive Chairman would be Charles Moore, a former Spectator editor.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers are inescapable early loves and ongoing favorites.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2024
Sayers Tuzroyluk, Sr., chairman of the Tikigaq Corporation Board of Directors, refused to answer questions about what happened in Point Hope.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024
Sayers, “the pugilistic ex-champion,” visited Norwich with his circus, “exhibited his belts, medals, and the diamond ring presented to him by the students of Oxford, and set-to with young Hicks, of Birmingham.”
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
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