Gretchen

[ grech-uhn; German greyt-shuhn ]

noun
  1. a female given name, form of Margaret.

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How to use Gretchen in a sentence

  • But I liked what they did with Elliott and Gretchen, the lasers with Badger and Skinny Pete.

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  • The part of Gretchen was played by an actress who is still of note to-day, and she made a most enduring impression on me.

  • Millions of words stood between him and Gretchen, and she was already seventeen and he had turned twenty.

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  • Hans raged and made as if to demolish the heart, and Gretchen, and indeed the whole dyke, but then he thought of something better.

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  • The press was satisfactorily represented, much to Aunt Gretchen's gratification.

  • Aunt Gretchen has long-since lost the smooth silhouette for which the Nicholas women are noted.