Westenra
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Here Mina and her friend Lucy Westenra sit among the graves, sketching and talking, later, watching clouds gather for the storm that would bring the Demeter, and Count Dracula, to Whitby.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Ali from Westenra Terrace in Monaghan town had been in a relationship with the Hunter's mother, Nicole McGleenon and was looking after him while she visited her dying grandmother.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023
In fact, Westenra in "Dracula" is described as "bloodless, but not anemic," and her symptoms overall provided "a textbook example" of a patient suffering from acute leukemia, according to the study.
From Fox News ● Nov. 21, 2019
Prayers were said by former All Black player Anton Oliver and actor Kerry Fox, and New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra broke down in tears as she read out a testimony.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2011
With some little difficulty—for it was very dark, and the whole place seemed so strange to us—we found the Westenra tomb.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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