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Recent Examples of nunnery
She was then remanded in a nunnery, given a derisory sentence — less than two years in jail — before being released with a presidential pardon.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
Sarah Snook at Critics Choice: C- Is this the uniform of a strict headmistress of a nunnery?
—Alex Badia, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024
The entrepreneur is told to either get thee to a nunnery (with apologies to Hamlet) or get thee to a mentor.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
Sweeney plays Cecilia, an American nun who transfers to Italy and is forced to face a lot of dark secrets hidden in the walls of the gorgeous nunnery.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
Sarah Snook at Critics Choice: C- Is this the uniform of a strict headmistress of a nunnery?
—Alex Badia, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024
The entrepreneur is told to either get thee to a nunnery (with apologies to Hamlet) or get thee to a mentor.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
Sweeney plays Cecilia, an American nun who transfers to Italy and is forced to face a lot of dark secrets hidden in the walls of the gorgeous nunnery.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nunnery
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The Art Of Joy follows a woman born into modest circumstances in Sicily in 1900, who goes on navigate life in a convent, and then carves herself out a place in aristocratic household achieving happiness and emancipation in the process.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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Sometimes a note is left on the convent’s doorstep.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Then one day, Moses the Black is struck with the horror of it all and joins a desert monastery, where he's eventually killed by another group of bandits.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Which explains why Lochlan is keen to stay in the monastery’s insulating cocoon.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The latter was particularly restorative, as was the Negroni No. 2 at Le Bar, in the cloister, which adds beets and strawberries to the classic recipe.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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When the breeze flows through the cloisters, the kites float, showing off their gravity-defying nature.—
Diana Budds,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
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Using the abbey as an observation post with gun emplacements near its foundation and in the surrounding cliffs, the Germans command the narrow mountain passes of Route 6—the road to Rome.—
Catherine Musemeche,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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In Melk, guests can see the frescoes of the Benedictine abbey or remain onboard for an Austrian cookie tasting.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Nunnery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nunnery. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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