Wilder, Thornton

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A twentieth-century American author best known for his play Our Town.

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How to use Wilder, Thornton in a sentence

Was the blackface scene with Gene Wilder in Silver Streak an important step in how American audiences view minstrelsy?
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America|David Yaffe, Scott Saul|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Douglas Wilder became the first African American governor of any state since Reconstruction in Virginia in 1990.
The Unsung Heroism of Jesse Jackson|David Masciotra|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why not let him cut loose and go all Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa, instead of easing his way out of something a bit grimier?
Meet Vincent McKenna, Your New Favorite Bill Murray Character|Alex Suskind|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We can only save African elephants if China and Japan ban the ivory trade,” Thornton told me.
A World Without Elephants? Blame China|Michael Tomasky|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Thornton says pressure is building, even inside China, for a ban.
A World Without Elephants? Blame China|Michael Tomasky|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was difficult to describe—a little sterner, a little wilder, a faint emphasis of the barbaric peering through it.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
John Thornton Kirkland, president of Harvard university, died, aged 70.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Bonnell Thornton died; an English poet, essayist and miscellaneous writer, and translator of Plautus.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It may be that wilder and stronger birds tear him in pieces; that the frost and rain may chill his body, unused to exposure.
Black Diamonds|Mr Jkai
Wilder slowly drew himself up and looked inquiringly at Tootles.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson