Sentence examples for dorothy from inspiring English sources

The word "dorothy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a proper noun as a reference to the protagonist of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. For example, "Dorothy and her friends travel along the Yellow Brick Road."

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dorothy

proper noun

Given name female

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SamCam, the ever more Dave-adoring and silent Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, looked even more adoring this week than last, so she must have been ticked off for looking bored in Leeds last Friday.

Mine is called Dorothy, and she's the knackered old one with a face.

Giladi said in his statement that Ahmed was at Dorothy Begley's house when she was visited by investigators from the IPCC, which has looked into Jordan's death.

And I immediately got somebody to ask me a Dorothy Dix question because I didn't want him to change his mind.

We also learned that The Wiz Live would be working with Cirque du Soleil and cast Stephanie Mills, who originated the role of Dorothy in the musical on Broadway in the 70s, in the role of Aunt Em.

If Mr Koizumi still thinks he is a lion, he plainly has in mind the creature from "The Wizard of Oz" who asked Dorothy to help him find his courage.Choosing Mr Fukui was not necessarily a bad move: he is a respectable and highly capable man (see article).

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But the boldest dramatic licence is in proposing that Turner's relationship with Hannah Danby, his housekeeper (played by Dorothy Atkinson) was sexual.

To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, there's no such thing as a happy ending.

Dorothy Resig, an editor of Biblical Archaeology Review in Washington DC, said the idea probably arose from the Old Testament Book of Exodus, which says: "So the Egyptians enslaved the children of Israel with backbreaking labour" and the Pharaoh put them to work to build buildings.

It reportedly took the efforts of two prime ministers to persuade him finally to honour Florence Nightingale, in 1907, after which no further women were tolerated until Dorothy Hodgkin, in 1965, 13 years after the Queen was crowned.

Jordan's mother, Dorothy Begley, had rung the police, concerned that her son had been accused of theft and was threatening to confront his accusers with a knife.

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