surname
Example Sentences
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"I wasn't there myself, but I had many friends and relatives who were," said one young mourner, who gave his surname as Orosstevic.
From Barron's
"The windows rattled, you could tell it was an explosion," said Grigory, 70, who also declined to give his surname.
From Barron's
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate includes a tart warning on the copyright page that the surname “is used by a number of publishers and may serve mainly to mislead an unwary buyer.”
Two of Winslet's three children have followed her into the film industry, but are determined to make a name of their own, literally, with both making conscious decisions not to use her surname.
From BBC
In a cluttered information age, where attention is a prized and scarce commodity, Nuzzi and Lizza—with their perfectly counterpoised surnames—have somehow broken through.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
