Prynne
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Among papers scattered in the dusty attic he finds, along with a scarlet and gold embroidered A, the true story of Hester Prynne written by the surveyor from 100 years before.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
When William arrives at his New York hotel, the front desk greets him: “Wow, look who it is, Hester Prynne herself.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2021
The Puritan appetite needs regular sating; every generation, you could say, must have its Hester Prynne.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 6, 2019
That is only appropriate for a play inspired by perhaps the ultimate novel of American guilt, “The Scarlet Letter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s much-studied tale of the adulterous Hester Prynne of 17th-century New England.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2017
Like an oblivious Hester Prynne she carries her letter, the green capital D of her bow slung over her shoulder.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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