Hilda
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Hilda witnesses the crime and is so distraught that her moral certitude temporarily deserts her.
Racked with torment over her proximity to evil, Hilda makes a desperate confession to a Catholic priest, who happens to be a New Englander.
Indeed, the story of Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon and Donatello can be read as the story of America in miniature.
Only Kenyon and Hilda can bear that load.
But even more, it is Kenyon and Hilda’s fundamentally American goodness that gives them the strength to bear Miriam’s burden.
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