How to Use Remus in a Sentence

Remus

noun
  • The retiring three dogs − Moose, Remus and Daisy − joined the zoo as puppies and were each paired with a cheetah cub around the same age as them.
    — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Uncle Remus, known for crunchy chicken and a sweeter mild sauce than Harold's.
    — Monica Eng, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Shay Remus said this was the 27th year of Hometown Days, which has evolved from a downtown Yorkville event which needed a much bigger venue as time went on.
    — David Sharos, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Like Remus Gatsby Reserve, the bottles have an art deco design, and the cork is supposed to resemble the knob of a baseball bat.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 June 2024
  • In the Harry Potter books, werewolf Remus Lupin drinks a potion made of wolfsbane each month to avoid harming anyone.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Black singers, songwriters, and players are the Remus to Nashville’s Romulus.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2024
  • That’s not legal, says Remus, referring to new laws that were passed after Trump tried to reverse his 2020 loss that clarified those issues.
    — Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Striking the cross-armed pose on Instagram alongside Remus in front of a giant poster of her as Jeannie in a scarlet pantsuit, the nonegenarian with a twinkle in her eye vanishes from the shot.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Charles Chesnutt tried in his work to present a realistic picture of the South at the turn of the twentieth century and was exasperated by the huge market for the literature of Uncle Remus–style folksiness.
    — Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2023
  • Romulus was one of two mythological twins who were abandoned by their father and went on to found Rome — but Romulus eventually killed his brother Remus.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
  • Mini-figures of wand-wielding Harry and Professor Remus Lupin are included, too.
    — Jennifer Maldonado, EW.com, 23 May 2024
  • The pinnacle expression is the annual release of Remus Gatsby Reserve, a 15-year-old bourbon that is decadent and delicious, with equal parts sweetness, spice, and tannic oak that doesn’t overwhelm notes of fruit and black pepper.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
  • Macondo develops beyond its primitive origins, too, even as its own Adam and Eve (or Romulus and Remus) presciently oppose much of what passes for progress.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The thief left behind two adjacent statues of Roman mythological figures Romulus and Remus.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2023

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