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
Phineas Float, 31, was due to receive the packages and was arrested a few days later.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025
Primed from his institutionalized childhood to seek a protector, he does the bidding of Phineas Drummond, his white partner with “a face out of the funny pages” and a bad case of PTSD.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024
The three-member panel will be chaired by Phineas Mojapelo, former deputy judge president of Gauteng province.
From Reuters • May 28, 2023
I burst out crying into my hands; I cried for Phineas and for myself and for this doctor who believed in facing things.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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