Thesiger
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Ernest Thesiger, a character actor who appeared in The Old Dark House and Bride of Frankenstein, served in the British army and came under artillery fire while celebrating Christmas Day in a barn.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024
In the 1990s I stayed in Kenya with Wilfred Thesiger — his whole life was spent among nomads.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
Richard Burton, Charles Doughty, T E Lawrence, Gertrude Bell and Wilfred Thesiger all endured immense physical hardship in their quest to find something in the deserts of Arabia that was missing in their own country.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
Karloff speaks and Elsa Lanchester hisses under a shocking hairdo, but Ernest Thesiger almost steals the show as the droll Doctor Pretorius.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2020
"That is easily accounted for," said Thesiger; "they had probably eaten it all upstairs."
From Law and Laughter by George A. (George Alexander) Morton
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