Citations:Ravenclaw

English citations of Ravenclaw

Noun: "a person bearing traits associated with Ravenclaw house from the Harry Potter series, including intelligence, creativity, and love of learning" edit

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2000 October 28, Jonathan Ellis, “Bushisms - Harry Potter related reply”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎^[1] (Usenet):
I suppose you could say that Gordon Brown is a Ravenclaw, and so is the former Tory Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd... and John Major could never be mistaken for anything other than a Hufflepuff.
2011, Taylor Morris, Hello, Gorgeous!: Blowout, Grosset & Dunlap (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
“Let's go, Ravenclaws!” Kristen cheered loudly. Lizbeth laughed and nudged her in the arm.

“You're such a dork,” she told her. “They're just warming up.”
2011, Cyrus Duff, "Which House? Harry Potter Helps Sort Presidential Field", Hartford Courant, 24 August 2011:
It's possible that Americans could turn around in 2012 and elect a Slytherin or a Ravenclaw as president.
2012, Kristi Cook, Eternal, Simon and Schuster (2013), →ISBN, page 232:
“I've always thought of myself as more of a Ravenclaw.”
2012, "What Harry Potter house are you?", The Black Sheep (Western Michigan University), Volume 2, Issue 1, 19 January - 8 February 2012, page 11:
"I'm definitely a Ravenclaw because I started reading my textbooks when I got them over the summer."
2012, Annie Alleman, "Nerdist Hardwick does standup in Rosemont", The Beacon-News, 6 December 2012:
Chris Hardwick is a Ravenclaw.

Kind of surprising — he always thought of himself as a Gryffindor — until he realized that Gryffindor was mainly where the dumb jocks went. Not the nerds.
2014, Charles Finch, The Last Enchantments, St. Martins Press (2014), →ISBN, page 80:
“I know we've met, but I'm Tom. Law.”

“And I'm Will,” I said. “English.”

She rolled her eyes. “I'm Ella. Ravenclaw.”