Hanks
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In accepting the award from presenter Tom Hanks, Lee quoted one of the best known “Brokeback” lines while staring at the statuette: “Wow, I wish I knew how to quit you.”
From Los Angeles Times
He then embraces a now slightly balding Woody, as ever portrayed by Tom Hanks.
From BBC
I heard Tom Hanks talking about how he was a young actor and a very established actor kept forgetting their lines.
From Los Angeles Times
Shots of children too absorbed in their tablets to play with each other intermingle with classic bickering between Tom Hanks‘ Woody and Tim Allen‘s Buzz Lightyear.
From Salon
In Savannah: On a park bench in Chippewa Square, Forrest Gump, played by Tom Hanks, proclaims, “Life is like a box of chocolates.”
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