Dorothy

//ˈdɒɹ.ə.θi//

"Dorothy" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Dorothy sent him a nice present.

Dorothy isn't in the office.

Dorothy should study art in Paris.

Dorothy and her friends continued their journey heading for Emerald city.

We need all our young people to know that Clara Barton and Lucretia Mott and Sojourner Truth and Eleanor Roosevelt and Dorothy Height, those aren’t just for Women’s History Month. They’re the authors of our history, women who shaped their destiny.

She wore a blue pinafore as part of her Dorothy costume.

During those months, Dorothy McKibben would greet and often befriend some of the great scientific minds of the 20th century—from promising young graduate students like Richard Feynman to illustrious nuclear pioneers like Enrico Fermi.

Dorothy Kosinski, director of the museum, says that the gallery’s intimate setting is just one of the characteristics that distinguishes the Phillips Collection from other museums.

Piſt[ol]. Then, to you miſtris Dorothy, I will charge you. / Doro[thy]. Charge me? I ſcorne you, ſcuruy companion: […]

"My name is Dorothy," said the girl, "and I am going to the Emerald City, to ask the great Oz to send me back to Kansas."

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Don't you think the world has gone steadily downhill ever since parents stopped naming their children Lucy and Dorothy and started naming them Samantha?

In recent years, Hillel chapters have also come under fire for withdrawing support from or further marginalizing queer Jewish student groups that participate in events co-sponsored by JVP, and for banning legendary civil rights activist Dorothy Zellner from speaking at campus chapters after she discussed her commitment to Palestinian human rights work in a speech at Harvard’s Hillel.

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