Example Sentences

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It was here in Cabimas where, more than a century ago, a well-named Barroso II jump-started a boom.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Both will be riding new horses, though — including Ward on Contagious, a 12-year-old gelding well-named for an OIympics delayed a year by the coronavirus.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2021

The well-named Cash Green’s odyssey through the wretched world of telemarketing to the higher reaches is instructive.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2018

The manager of VIP services is the well-named Sheldon Ritz, who is a peach.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2017

“Let’s try it on Whaleback Hill!” she said, referring to the hill well-named because it indeed looked just like a whale’s back.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el