Alexis

[ uh-lek-sis ]

/ əˈlɛk sɪs /

a male or female given name: from a Greek word meaning “helper.”

Example sentences from the Web for alexis

Cooper had little Alexis pose for a picture on the exact spot there Garner was pinned.

‘I Can’t Breathe!’ ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ A Moral Indictment of Cop Culture |Michael Daly |December 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A 25-year-old man named Alexander Cooper strode up the sidewalk holding his 3-year-old daughter, Alexis, by the hand.

‘I Can’t Breathe!’ ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ A Moral Indictment of Cop Culture |Michael Daly |December 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Alexis did not know to act differently than she might for any other picture taken of her by her daddy.

‘I Can’t Breathe!’ ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ A Moral Indictment of Cop Culture |Michael Daly |December 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is all over the place, working across technology, politics, and business.

The 'Mayor of the Internet' Fights the Good Fight |Gideon Resnick |August 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Lopez may prove to be most similar to Alexis of the three, someone whose escalating mental health issues went unchecked.

Let’s Put Things in Perspective: You’re Still Safer on a Military Base |Robert Beckhusen |April 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In this moment of peril an object came under the eyes of Alexis that promised safety.

Bruin |Mayne Reid
Behind the ikonostas are some extraordinary mural paintings of the Tsars Michael and Alexis, founders of the cathedral.

The Story of Moscow |Wirt Gerrare
When the meal was over Godfrey filled the kettle again and gave it to Alexis, and then, taking his gun, started down the valley.

Condemned as a Nihilist |George Alfred Henty
This was the result of the various and profuse scoldings which he had undergone for calling young Count Alexis "Prince."

Sophy of Kravonia |Anthony Hope
Even as Alexis had predicted, the mountains swarmed with the enemy, who rained bullets upon the Russian columns from every hand.

The Boy Allies with the Cossacks |Clair W. Hayes