Congreve

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

As Dr Congreve says, "There's still room to grow" - and glow, presumably.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

Any woman of a certain age in anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Congreve, Dryden or Sheridan.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021

The Restoration saw Britain’s first-ever professional actresses, and both Otway and Congreve helped them shine.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2019

She excelled at comedy and tragedy, acting in plays by Congreve, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Noël Coward and contemporary English playwrights such as Peter Shaffer.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2015

It was compared to the comedies of Clyde Fitch, of Oscar Wilde, of Sheridan, and of Congreve—yes, actually Congreve!

From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells