Duse
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Singer-songwriter Patti Smith is on the mend after she was hospitalized for a sudden illness before a concert at Teatro Duse in Bologna, Italy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
"For Ferrari, which unlike Lamborghini does not have access to a development platform like that of VW, the issue of investments is also certainly relevant," Duse said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 30, 2022
In Italy, she was called “the Duse of the dance,” a reference to the great 20th-century Italian actress Eleonora Duse.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2021
Not such a stretch, right? — and usually not the kind of performance that presages a midlife hot streak as a homegrown equivalent of fabled European stage stars like Sarah Bernhardt and Eleanora Duse.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2020
“Isabelle, I’ve seen them all, Bernhardt, Duse, Fiske, but I’ve never seen any acting that could be compared with yours!”
From The Cricket by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
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