Phineas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He can’t believe that Phineas genuinely cares about him and projects his own resentment and envy onto his friend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
A terrible accident left construction worker Phineas Gage with serious brain damage.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
Much of this was the work of “the father of the port,” Phineas Banning, an indefatigable Wilmington, Del., native who bestowed that town’s name on the one he founded here.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025
The three-member panel will be chaired by Phineas Mojapelo, former deputy judge president of Gauteng province.
From Reuters • May 28, 2023
Indeed, Phineas Nigellus inadvertently emphasized this fact by slipping in leading questions about Harry and Hermione’s whereabouts.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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