Pym
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noun
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Barbara ( Mary Crampton ). 1913–80, British novelist, noted for such comedies of middle-class English life as Excellent Women (1952), A Glass of Blessings (1958), and The Sweet Dove Died (1978)
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John. ?1584–1643, leading English parliamentarian during the events leading to the Civil War. He took a prominent part in the impeachment of Buckingham (1626) and of Strafford and Laud (1640)
Example Sentences
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The infection can be spread through "close personal contact", Hugh Pym explained.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Visiting a children’s hospital in Liverpool, he told the BBC’s Hugh Pym not to take action over the number of obese children was “fundamentally wrong”.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
Pym sits there and takes it, slightly slumped into his too-large overcoat, peering at her from under his fedora's brim.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2023
The Avengers — including then-members Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne — are called on to try to stop him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Some wavering on the part of Pym is also explained upon the ground of his friendship for and his belief in Strafford, but mark the difference between the two men.
From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald
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