Vito
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He was the outsider, the Irish-German adopted son of Vito Corleone.
From Los Angeles Times
Duvall's performance as The Godfather's Tom Hagen, the shrewd chief advisor to Marlon Brando's ageing Don Vito Corleone, earned him his first Academy Award nomination in 1973.
From BBC
Yet the flashback sequences to Vito Corleone’s arrival in America give it resonance for a country built on immigration, and the film is now almost universally considered the best of the three.
But as soon as she met Vito Coppola, she "knew he would be a friend for life".
From BBC
Ellie was very nervous backstage before every show, but Vito, who she calls her brother, constantly reassured her.
From BBC
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