Nostromo
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Knox-Johnston confirmed that these are just some of the creatures we would find on the set of the zoo lab, which is a new addition to the Maginot that was not part of the Nostromo.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
Instead, the dimly lit corridors of The Nostromo were just sets built at a studio near London.
From Fox News • Oct. 15, 2021
Mr. Kotto played the engineer Parker, traveling on the spaceship Nostromo with an otherwise all-White crew that included Sigourney Weaver and John Hurt, who becomes the host for a parasitic alien.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2021
It is safe to say that no one ever walked away from watching Alien wondering about the trials and tribulations of the poor little chest-bursting parasitoid that scurried off the lunch table in the Nostromo.
From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2021
"Not so fast as a crawling beetle tangled in the grass," answered Nostromo, and his voice seemed deadened by the thick veil of obscurity that felt warm and hopeless all about them.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Conrad, Joseph
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