Example sentences for: hemings

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

  • Because Hemings was the half-sister of Jefferson's deceased wife, and because their relationship may have lasted decades, the story has taken on a romantic coloration.

  • and delighted-to-be-here voice-overs" (John Leonard, New York ). "At times you may feel you've tuned into a commercial for Colonial interiors or an online flower show" (Walter Goodman, the New York Times ). Burns earns muted praise for his evenhanded if inconclusive portrait of Jefferson, particularly for his treatment of the Sally Hemings question and Jefferson's contradiction-riddled approach toward slavery.

  • Jefferson and Hemings engaged in a long-term, and perhaps monogamous, relationship for almost 30 years!

  • The DNA tests only prove that a Jefferson was the father of Sally Hemings' last son.

  • Hemings, who was 29 years younger than Jefferson, was herself the mulatto half-sister of Jefferson's wife.


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