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vesper

[ves-per] / ˈvɛs pər /


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Mr. Sidebottom divides the gladiator’s day into 12 segments—from vesper to vesper—and devotes a chapter of his book to each.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But Buurma made another discovery: Swifts weren’t just making vesper flights in the evenings.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2020

Me, I sang Laura Nyro’s “Buy and Sell,” which says, among other things, “death tolls like a vesper bell.”

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2019

On another occasion, I ordered a vesper and got a negroni.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2014

However sung, the song, which makes the uplands tuneful all day and every day from April to August, does not vary its quality, which is as fine as the vesper sparrow's.

From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje




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