Trelawney
Americannoun
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"I wasn't expecting this two days ago," Besembaiev told BBC Radio 3's Petroc Trelawney immediately after the concert, but added it was "really thrilling and really great to be here".
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023
Divination professor Sybil Trelawney is one of the Potterverse’s more thankless roles, given that almost everyone finds her annoying, irritating or both.
From The Guardian • May 9, 2019
The Bolt family has been based in Trelawney, where dad Wellesley still works in the local shop, for more than half a century and the parish's most famous son is always welcomed on his return.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2016
Rickman was "the finest of actors and directors," said Thompson, who played Hogwarts Professor Sybil Trelawney.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2016
Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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