Example sentences for: ellie

How can you use “ellie” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In his clueless search for companionship, Marcus gets a crush on Ellie, a troublemaking older woman (she's 14) obsessed with the pessimistic lyrics of Kurt Cobain.

  • Matthew McConaughey--who plays Ellie's love interest, the ridiculously named Palmer Joss, a former priest who is now the respected author of a best-selling book about "faith" and "meaning," and who, though still in his 20s, is a trusted adviser to the president--thrusts out his lower jaw like a calendar pinup while delivering such lines as "I'm not against technology, I'm against the men who deify it at the expense of human truth!"

  • Marcus' classmates abuse him, his mother ignores his needs, and Ellie is insane.

  • But before she can fly to Vega, Ellie has to face down some earthly obstacles.

  • Of course, by now we know that Ellie's lonely childhood has given her a unique gift for listening, and that she's the only one who can go to Vega, and that everything that happens up until her trip is a mere distraction.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast