Hesperus

Example Sentences

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The housing association installed the locks, designed to improve security in the block on Hesperus Crossway following a Police Scotland recommendation, in November last year.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

Their own party looks like the wreck of the Hesperus.

From Fox News • Feb. 4, 2020

“We were concerned that some of the writers would not be comfortable to be associated with Hesperus once we published this book, but we’re politically neutral,” a rep from the publisher told the newspaper.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2016

Now, to celebrate its 10-year anniversary, Hesperus is asking members of the public to nominate a work of literature currently out of print and explain why it's worthy of republication.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2012

By this point Penelope felt like Longfellow’s doomed Hesperus, battered to and fro by the relentless storm of Lady Constance’s words.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood