Sylvia

[sil-vee-uh]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

“I’m shocked that anyone actually was talking and awake or living through all of this,” said Sacramento Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Justin Sylvia.

From Los Angeles Times

The first fire captain on scene used the help of about 15 bystanders to lift part of the helicopter off one of the victims who was trapped underneath, Sylvia said.

From Los Angeles Times

As of 8 p.m. the westbound lanes were flowing, but the eastbound lanes will probably remain shut through the rest of the night, Sylvia said.

From Los Angeles Times

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