Semmes
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He’s named after his father, Raphael Semmes.
From Washington Post
Rocky Semmes of Alexandria, Va., had an uncle named Harry.
From Washington Post
As they reached the South Side area in their cruiser, they saw three men walking on Semmes Avenue.
From Washington Post
Formidable pirates though they were, Captain Raphael Semmes and his crew were spooked by the sea they encountered that January evening.
From Scientific American
“At about eight P.M., there being no moon, but the sky being clear, and the stars shining brightly, we suddenly passed from the deep blue water in which we had been sailing, into a patch of water so white that it startled me,” Semmes recounted in a memoir.
From Scientific American
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