Hesperus
Example Sentences
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The housing association installed the locks, designed to improve security in the block on Hesperus Crossway following a Police Scotland recommendation, in November last year.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
A Halloween screening of the 1922 silent film classic “Nosferatu” features a live musical accompaniment by Hesperus.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021
Their own party looks like the wreck of the Hesperus.
From Fox News • Feb. 4, 2020
As for me, I loved the swashbuckling sound of "Wreck of the Hesperus", but years passed before I met the poem.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2010
By this point Penelope felt like Longfellow’s doomed Hesperus, battered to and fro by the relentless storm of Lady Constance’s words.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.