Example Sentences

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“The thing I’ll miss most from home is my mom’s stuffing, it’s my favorite,” said Clayton Stock-Friends, a young member of the West Virginia National Guard from Harpers Ferry, sporting a red beret and sunglasses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

The Washington Post reported that Trump’s order would change signage and information at the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, various Civil War battlefields, and other historic sites.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2025

The Harpers, from South Benfleet, Essex, described how Christopher had taught them things they never would have known without his lessons.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

Though the film explored the ugliness of racism, it also served as “an entertaining, somewhat messed-up comedy-thriller,” critic Pauline Kael wrote in Harpers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024

That ghost had scared Ophie so badly that she’d hidden her face in her mother’s shoulder, and she'd been relieved when they’d left the train station at Harpers Ferry.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland