Edna
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Edna Foa asked them to get closer to those moments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
When Edna Nicole Luckett sings the Blues on the stage at Red's, her voice, deep and soulful, echoes against the walls.
From BBC • May 31, 2025
But he also did theater, including turns on Broadway as Edna Turnblad in “Hairspray,” as Yvan in Yasmina Reza’s “Art” and as Santa in the musical adaptation of “Elf.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
Field won the lead actress prize for her work as single mother Edna Spalding in the Great Depression-set “Places in the Heart.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
Edna laughed and Olanna laughed along, but already she was thinking that perhaps she did need to talk to somebody, somebody neutral who would help her reclaim herself, deal with the stranger she had become.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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