“Generally speaking, deadnaming trans people is not OK,” she says, referring to people using a trans person’s birth name contrary to their stated identity and preference. Dennis Earl Norris, had legally changed his first name as a loving gesture to his childless Uncle Dennis, and when he had a son of his own, his mother insisted he name the child after himself.ĭenne (pronounced “Den”) honors the nickname that many friends gave her over the years, and “Michele” is an homage to her idols Michelle Obama and champion figure skater Michelle Kwan. Send us feedback.Names are important in the Norris family, so when Denne Michele Norris ’08 came out as a trans woman earlier this year and had the opportunity to choose her own name, she wanted to make sure to choose something that honored those who have come before her.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gape.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2021 But that vision belongs in the realm of rapturous poetry, not for us film lovers to gape in awestruck amazement at the foolishness. Rachel Swan, Danielle Echevarria, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2021 On Friday, customers at the Ocean Avenue Walgreens stopped to gape at a sign in the front window. 2017 Witherspoon sustained significant injuries herself including a gape in her head and a cut in her hand that required surgery.ĪBC News, 11 Nov. 2021 Return to street to gape at what looks like a massive erupting volcano spewing impossibly wide plume of orange-brown-gray smoke into the sky where the towers used to stand.ĭamon Linker, The Week, 11 Sep. 2021 The gape face is often accompanied by nausea and a desire to run away or otherwise gain distance from the offensive thing, as well as the urge to clean oneself. Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2021 Rangers estimate that up to 800 people gape at the park’s storied red rock during peak spring and fall weekends, with 400 to 600 of those being rim-to-rim runners and hikers hauling up and down 4,000-foot drops and climbs. 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Patagonia’s nylon-spandex bikini top ($55) has a generous band under the bust that prevents gape, and the halter fit and adjustable ties hold everything in place.Īmy Jurries, Outside Online, Memory foam cups give your boobs a natural lift and help prevent gape for optimal comfort. Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep.
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Giulia Mcdonnell Nieto Del Rio,, 9 July 2019 And as women with full chests know, finding a button-down that doesn't gape at the buttons is nearly impossible, so Chan added hidden buttons to make sure the shirt doesn't pull open at the bust.
2020 The Grand Canyon this is not - but the cracks were sizable enough to make visitors gape. 2020 When a young food runner fumbled over the ingredients in pastry chef Anne Blanchard’s refreshing dessert (crisp pink grapefruit sorbet, buttery strawberry sablé, lime cream), the senior server standing behind him didn’t swoop in or gape in horror.Īdam Erace, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2020 His tough, often mean-spirited, sexist speech created a spectacle that Americans couldn’t help but gape at. 2021 Summoning their inner thespians, possums keel over when cornered, allowing their mouths to gape open in apparent death.ĭoug Maccash | Staff Writer,, 23 Dec. 2021 But, in the meantime, Metsavainio’s 100,000-pixel-wide epic still offers plenty to gape at.Īlex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2022 From many places along Interstate 5, where travelers can’t help but gape at the towering volcano, snow has been hard to see for weeks. Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Perhaps the most popular way to explore the canyon is via a boat tour that meanders down the river, allowing visitors to gape up at the imposing rock walls.