Black Maria

Example Sentences

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The Black Maria, also called "the Dog House," was the first movie studio ever constructed.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2022

Ferguson’s Gang, as they called themselves, were masked, anonymous activists who went by codenames such as Bill Stickers, Granny the Throttler, Black Maria and Red Biddy.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2019

So let’s start where the novel does, winter ’53, with one of the feared Black Maria trucks arriving in darkness to arrest Solomon Levinson, an actor from the defunct State Jewish Theater.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2016

Instead of documenting the world, Edison created his own, bringing subjects to his Black Maria studio in northern New Jersey.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2010

The wretch who steals a loaf to feed his starving children must have short shrift, and Black Maria despatches him at the earliest moment.

From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by Curtis, George William