Wrens
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Wrens
Pronounced form of the initial letters, with placement of vowel suggested by wren
Example Sentences
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Wrens "are very flighty," he says with a laugh.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2024
By the time of the Normandy landings, Lamb had been doing her part to defeat the Nazis for almost five years as member of the Women’s Royal Naval Service, known as the Wrens.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024
All those conversations paid off in 1942, when Owtram applied to join the Women’s Royal Naval Service, known as the Wrens, and a test showed that she was fluent in German.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
Marie Scott joined the Wrens in 1944, aged 17.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2022
Like the two preceding Wrens, this one nests in natural or artificial cavities, and the four to seven eggs that they lay are precisely alike, in every respect, to those of the others. 719c.
From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)
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