Horatio
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“It was extraordinary to watch his inner strength,” Sokol said of his son in the Horatio Alger biography.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
In the early 20th century’s Gilded Age, the best-selling books weren’t the ones we consider classics, but Horatio Alger’s inspirational pulp.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
When Rylance’s Hamlet “returns to meet Yorick’s skull and Ophelia’s funeral,” he finds “something like unbrooding peace at last,” a description that Horatio might wish to borrow as he reports his friend’s story.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
Long before Samantha Lotus, there was William Horatio Bates, an ophthalmologist at the turn of the 20th century who developed the so-called Bates method for improving vision.
From Slate • Sep. 30, 2023
So I went to the great hall, looking for Horatio.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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