Edgar

//ˈɛdɡɚ//

"Edgar" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Let's meet Edgar Degas and look at his pictures with him.

Edgar Degas was luckier than many painters.

My name is Edgar Degas.

We have given Edgar Degas a voice that we hope suits him.

I am Edgar Degas.

Where did Edgar Hoover work?

Edgar de Wahl is the creator of Interlingue.

Although critics have sometimes dismissed genre fiction as escapist, poorly written and full of clichés, some writers — such as Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe — have transcended the genres of science fiction or of horror to craft classic works of literature.

You remind me of Edgar Allen Poe's Dupin. I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories.

“And never shall this leave my bosom,” said Lucy, as she hung the piece of gold round her neck, and concealed it with her handkerchief, “until you, Edgar Ravenswood, ask me to resign it to you; and, while I wear it, never shall that heart acknowledge another love than yours.”

What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?

My father was the eldest of three sons, each of whom was given Adelia's idea of a high-toned name: Norval and Edgar and Percival, Arthurian revival with a hint of Wagner.

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