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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Or so Dorothy Sayers claimed in a witty 1935 lecture on the puzzle-plot mysteries that arose during the genre’s golden age in the 1920s and ’30s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
I would definitely invite Dorothy L. Sayers as her life after Lord Peter Wimsey really interests me and I’d love to know how she adjusted to it, having made Peter Wimsey so famous.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025
Mr Gove replaces Fraser Nelson, who is stepping down "after 15 incredibly successful years", Mr Sayers said.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 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
Mrs Sayers was difficult to convince; but the girl was rid of her at last, and was alone to ask herself what this new turn of fortune's wheel might portend.
From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard
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