Words nearby Francie
How to use Francie in a sentence
A survivor of cancer and the brain-damaging condition hydrocephalus, Francie is back in the hospital when the novel opens.
From there, Anna’s justifications for Francie’s torment pile up like so many medical bills.
As Francie’s decline accelerates, her three late-middle-aged children become increasingly determined to keep her alive.
Confined to a hospital bed, her 86-year-old body shutting down, her mind “breaking into fragments and receding,” Francie asks a nurse to bring her a contemporary novel.
Anna has an ally in her youngest brother, Terzo, a businessman who discusses the prolonging of Francie’s life in terms of “victory” and “triumph.”
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I don't think you've grown much, Francie—and oh, by-the-bye, I believe there's a tuck that could be let down.'
High spirits were Francie's native air: it was very difficult for her to be quiet and subdued for long together.
She is eager and hearty—sometimes Francie reminds me of her—but she is never fanciful or obstinate.
And then in turn she fell back a little while the two younger ones, with a glad cry from Francie of 'Mamma, mamma!'
I am afraid it is as you say, Francie; they have very heavy troubles and anxieties indeed.'