noun

Example Sentences

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I don’t think there’s any directive that you have to have a noun in your title that refers to a woman, whether it’s wife, girl, sister.

From Salon

“Philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday,” he wrote, and philosophy is full of vacationing abstract nouns.

From The Wall Street Journal

But, despite his best efforts not to dwell on the stakes of his work, the noun “rebellion” was never far from his mind.

From Los Angeles Times

It can also be used as a noun.

From BBC

When you’re more naive, you think of it as like a noun, but it’s a doing thing.

From Los Angeles Times