Sylvia

[sil-vee-uh]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

Instead of focusing on classes and friendships, children and adolescents in targeted communities are forced to confront issues beyond their years, said Mario Prietto, a psychotherapist at Sylvia Mendez Clinic, a student and family wellness center operated by St. John’s Community Health in Boyle Heights, just east of downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

Like Sylvia Plath in her superb poem, “Fever 103,” Patricia struggles with fluctuating temperatures and a sluggishness she connects to her art: “In a story, fever was something that moved you along, sped up time, or made it different, parted the curtain for some ray of revelation — perhaps that’s why the world had decided to have one, so it could have a dream in which all the people were there.”

From Los Angeles Times

"We are living in such harsh conditions that even an animal couldn't survive them," says Sylvia al-Shurafi, who was forced to flee to southern Gaza this week.

From BBC

Meanwhile, Sylvia al-Shurafi is washing her son's one set of clothes.

From BBC

If you scan the drinks menu at your local bar, you're very unlikely to see 'Sylvia's Cramp Cocktail'.

From BBC