Emily

The little girl never smiles at anyone other than Emily.

Emily ate tofu at dinner.

No one bakes a finer apple pie than Emily.

Emily won first prize in the speech contest.

Emily is very interested in tea ceremony and flower arrangement.

Is Emily at home now?

Emily has such a sweet tooth she never refuses candy.

Emily is the brightest girl in school.

Emily is anxious to see him again.

Emily kept on waiting in the heavy rain with no coat on.

1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale I am thy mortal foe, and it am I That so hot loveth Emily the bright, That I would die here present in her sight.

People will please their fancies, and every lady has her favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. - - - Emily, in which all womanly sweetness seems bound up - perhaps this is the effect of association of ideas - I have known so many charming Emilys

This may have accounted for Emma's Christian name, for it had seemed to Beatrix unfair to call her daughter Emily, a name associated with her grandmother's servants rather than the author of The Wuthering Heights, so Emma had been chosen, perhaps with the hope that some of the qualities possessed by the heroine of the novel might be perpetuated.

Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours — whilst hers was that muted, dusky pink, like bubblegum, like roses —

Glossier was founded by Emily Weiss and has developed a cult following.

Emily Sisson set a new record for an American woman when she finished second at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Sunday.

Or, remember EMILY: Early Money Is Like Yeast — it makes dough grow.

I admonish my campaign workers to remember EMILY: Early Money Is Like Yeast. Men and women give to institutions, programs, and campaigns that are successful. They give to programs that are popular.

Remember the acronym EMILY: Early Money Is Like Yeast. It grows and grows. The money you put away in your twenties will be a huge pot of gold for your future.