Founder of New York's Odditorium in 1939

Usage examples of ripley.

Ripley bared her teeth as if she was ready to take a bite out of her new husband whether he had the thought or not.

There was nothing and no one like Lulu, Ripley thought, for clearing out the murk.

Soon Ripley Forte would be fighting the powerful forces of nature.

Slower than Fuchs had expected, but Ripley was satisfied with the progress that the crew was making.

They told me that inside I would see a man who could hold three billiard balls in his mouth at once, a two-headed calf, a human unicorn with a horn protruding from his forehead and hundreds of other riveting oddities from all over the globe collected by the tireless Robert Ripley and crated back to Gatlinburg for the edification of discerning tourists such as myself.

Barnum, of Ripley, and of all Tom Edison's godsons had been gathered in one spot.

Since the real assets of the company in four years had increased in value sixfold to more than $200 million, not to mention the tremendous profits that were just beginning to roll in, Ripley Forte computed that he had been diddled out of a round $100 million.

He laid the paper very carefully over the tortoise's shell and, with infinite delicacy of touch, rubbed it lightly with red chalk, while all four children watched in fascination and Ripley retracted her head and limbs in resigned disgust.

ABOARD THE FOURTEEN-PLACE PIPER TILTPROP LIAISON plane headed for Swedru, Ghana, just six hundred kilometers to the north, Ripley Forte had time to reflect on the significance of the two messages he had received.

You were like a sponge, Ripley, soaking up what others poured into you.

That either the grayboys or the Ripley would find a Typhoid Mary, someone who could carry it and spread it without catching it him- or herself'.

Because she knew Mia never did anything in a haphazard fashion, Ripley had to admit the whole tone was one of homey warmth and welcome.