Frye

[ frahy ]

noun

1. (Herman) Northrop, 1912–91, Canadian literary critic and educator.

Example Sentences

She also, of course, recorded video before and after that surgery, and that footage shows Frye—youthfully radiant but betraying the occasional flash of insecurity—negotiating the awkwardness of her own body.

From Time

In the images Frye shares, the warmth and affection between the two is clear.

From Time

Frye became famous at age 8, playing the precocious mite Punky Brewster in the TV show of the same name, which aired from 1984 to 1986 before going into syndication.

From Time

Unfortunately for national news reporters who loved to throw words like “shred” and “wave” into their coverage, a few thousand Frye supporters failed to fill out a bubble next to the space on their ballots where they wrote in her name.

From Voice of San Diego

Frye’s ruling has been stayed pending an appeal by LaRose, who is arguing the court exceeded its authority when it struck down his one-box-per-county directive.

From ProPublica

Frye played full-back on the Salem High-School team last year, but is better qualified for a line position.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally Frye turned to him and asked rather abruptly: "Well, Mr. Page, what do you know about law?"

From Project Gutenberg

When, a few days after Frank had called upon Page, the latter chanced to mention it to Frye, he made a note of it at once.

From Project Gutenberg

Albert thought of Burns' apt cynicism just then, and wished that Frye might for one moment see himself as others saw him.

From Project Gutenberg

He felt tempted to tell Frank just what Frye had said, and what his opinion of him was, but wisely kept it to himself.

From Project Gutenberg