Example sentences for: hester

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

  • Words or letters or numbers on your clothes set you apart as some sort of human object, sacred like St. Anthony or shameful like Hester Prynne or maybe useful like a team member.

  • In so doing Hester was transgressing a second time, because in the 17 th century, in which the novel was set (and in the 19 th , in which it was written), wearing letters for decoration on everyday clothing was entirely unacceptable.

  • --Hester Thrale Piozzi: Anecdotes

  • These prove that Hester Prynne's proud display of her A was prophetic.

  • But Moore, who once played a liposuctioned Hester Prynne, is not portrayed only as the wronged woman.


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