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Lemuel

American  
[lem-yoo-uhl] / ˈlɛm yu əl /

noun

  1. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “devoted to God.”


Example Sentences

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Reverend Lyman Granger told his dear friend, Reverend Lemuel Clark, that three local sisters were helping him speak to his daughter, Harriet.

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And Lemuel worried about Lyman’s sanity.

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So, when Lyman invited him for a visit, the concerned Lemuel was quick to accept.

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On a pleasant June evening, a bit after five o’clock, Lemuel knocked at the Grangers’ front door.

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Lemuel knew Lyman, his wife and daughter; but the rest of the company were strangers, including Mr. Calvin Brown, Mrs. Leah Fish, her daughter Lizzie, and Mrs. Fox with her daughter Kate.

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