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Patricia

American  
[puh-trish-uh, -tree-shuh] / pəˈtrɪʃ ə, -ˈtri ʃə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”


Example Sentences

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It was a scene with Patricia Clarkson.

From Los Angeles Times

I just had to listen to Patricia Clarkson.

From Los Angeles Times

But we were sitting in these rafters of a theater filming and we’re in the middle of the scene, I’m on my close-up and Patricia is talking to me and I’m looking in her eyes and I start crying because she’s moving me, but that’s not how the scene was written.

From Los Angeles Times

As I handed the girl my money, she said, “My name is Patricia. Everyone calls me Patty. What’s your name?”

From Literature

The 1974 political kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was front-page news for a year and a half — her abduction, then her announcement that she was joining her captors, then her discovery, arrest, and prosecution.

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