Tamburlaine
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I went with my boyfriend to Tamburlaine and saw Steven with his entourage and he said, “Ditch the boyfriend. Come sit with us.”
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2019
The centrepiece was his heroic, muscular and glistening Tamburlaine in Peter Hall’s 1976 defiant staging of Marlowe’s two-part mighty epic, twirling an axe to deadly effect.
From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2019
Ask around, and no one seems to like him, though many call him effective and all agree he is the city’s supremely influential cultural leader, a Tamburlaine of contemporary art.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2015
He called Tamburlaine “a kind of anti-hero, a fascinating character because of his force of will. It’s rare to see a character like this on stage.”
From Forbes • Dec. 28, 2014
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From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
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