Sylvester I
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“After I left Sylvester, I kind of felt like I was blacklisted for a long time,” she says.
From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2019
"Sylvester, I do believe that you're right. I certainly do," he said, staring at Mr. Norton.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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Mr. Sylvester, I don’t seem to understand even now.
From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
With all respect for your uncle's grim humour," said Sylvester, "I think there was rather a systematic perseverance in the course of mystification involved in such a process of getting rid of a troublesome person.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
And, if you’ll excuse my sayin’ so, Mr. Sylvester, I guess it puzzles you, too.”
From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
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