Aunt Sally

Example Sentences

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Let’s say you want to give Aunt Sally a gift card to a clothing store.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Arthur Taylor, author of Played at the Pub, suggests Aunt Sally - which is played in Oxfordshire and parts of Buckinghamshire - has rather grisly origins.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2017

In 1945's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," for instance, Blondell gives a lively but rounded and modulated performance as uninhibited but caring Aunt Sally in Elia Kazan’s naturalistic feature debut.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2016

“He might hit the piñata but he might hit Aunt Sally, who happens to be standing nearby.”

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2014

Then, when Aunt Sally appears with her little dish and spoon, produce this from your pistol pocket and knock her plumb speechless.

From Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch by Raymond, Evelyn