Sentence examples for mary from inspiring English sources
"mary" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is a common noun that can be used to refer to a female given name or it can be used in other contexts to refer to things associated with Mary, the mother of Jesus. For example, you might say, "The Mary statue has been an important part of the church since it was installed."
The Scots should be wearing belted plaid, or the rather fetching skintight tartan trews sported by Mary's father, James V. The Scotsmen tell Mary she must marry.
At Queen Mary, University of London, students must take off electronic watches, while at Oxford and Cambridge, students' watches are "subject to examination by invigilators".
But the most introspective and mysterious moment in the story is the annunciation – the appearance of the archangel Gabriel to Mary to tell her she will give birth to the son of God.
One such piece is the pearl-drop earring that Charles I wore as he went to the executioner's block in 1649, coming with a convincing note of authentication from Queen Mary II, who wrote: "This pearle was taken out of ye King my grandfather's ear after he was beheaded & given ye Princess Royall" – referring to Charles's eldest daughter Mary, later Mary of Orange.
Mary was previously married to King Francis II of France, though historians aren't sure if the marriage was consummated: he was a sickly youngster of just 15 when they wed, and soon perished of a brain abscess.
"There's now little doubt that lifestyle choices can have a big impact on cancer risk, with research from around the world all pointing to the same key risk factors", said Prof Max Parkin, a CRUK statistician based at Queen Mary, University of London.
Apparently these disorders affect mostly young, well-off white women – the Lindsay Lohans and Mary-Kate Olsens of this world.
Reader, I didn't: I went and read a New Yorker profile of Professor Mary Beard's travails with misogynistic trolls instead.
The original piece described Mary Hanafin as the deputy prime minister of Ireland; she is not.
He confronted her at a local food bank by asking how "a Tory MP who votes for slashing welfare benefits" copes with visiting a place that "feeds the poorest of her constituents?" He says: "Mary Macleod has never been shown to her constituents in this manner.
Florence Fenwick Miller won the right to be elected to her school board under her birth name in 1877, and two of the first married women to stand for parliament, Mary Macarthur and Violet Markham, did so under their birth names.
