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Recent Examples of Micawber
He’s got the twinkly eye and the sly, gregarious spiritual ease of a Micawber or a Cheeryble.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The smallest of the Micawber brood glides away in his baby carriage, because the bailiff is dragging the hallway carpet out from under the front door.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The smallest of the Micawber brood glides away in his baby carriage, because the bailiff is dragging the hallway carpet out from under the front door.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Micawber
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But isn’t the cynical explanation also the Pollyanna one?Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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Sunshine Cleaning gave Adams’s Pollyanna era a slight edge.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Phaedra, ever the optimist, reassures her that this group is like family, and even through the mess, sisterhood is still within reach.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
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Swed, our resident optimist, reminded us that the formula for artistic success is straightforward, if not simple: Artists create big ideas, boards work to fund them, audiences reward the risk.Craig Nakano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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The Captive Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar explores Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes’ life changing experiences when he was captured by Turkish pirates in 1575 and held for ransom.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
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But Don Quixote, which is often called the first modern novel, could not decisively break from the chivalric tradition without affirming its very real power to ensorcel the reader.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Micawber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Micawber. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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