Weems
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Most famously, Parson Weems invented from whole cloth the story about young Washington taking a hatchet to his father’s cherry tree, then confessing to it.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
Weems acknowledged that the meme contained no explicit threats and that his department knew it referenced a real Iowa tragedy.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025
The Angels pushed across another run in the seventh when Michael Stefanic worked the last of the Angels’ four walks against Jordan Weems.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024
Highlights include a minimalist painting by abstract expressionist Frank Okada titled “Spring Joy” and Humaira Abid’s carved pine wood swing, plus works by other Northwest luminaries like Margie Livingston, George Tsutakawa and Carrie Mae Weems.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
The kids at school Monday would probably whisper around him and treat him with respect—the way they’d all treated Billy Joe Weems last year after his father had been killed in a car crash.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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