Holmes
Americannoun
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John Haynes 1879–1964, U.S. clergyman.
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Oliver Wendell 1809–94, U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, and physician.
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his son Oliver Wendell, 1841–1935, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1902–32.
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Sherlock, a detective in many mystery stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Oliver Wendell. 1809–94, US author, esp of humorous essays, such as The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858) and its sequels
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his son, Oliver Wendell. 1841–1935, US jurist, noted for his liberal judgments
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Sir Paul .1950–2013, New Zealand radio and television broadcaster; presenter of The Paul Holmes Breakfast , (1987–2008)
Example Sentences
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The mythic dimension may be missing here, but Holmes darkly captivates within the narrower compass of this energizing revival.
From Los Angeles Times
Another Plan 2 graduate, George Holmes, 27, has cut his hours at his finance job at a large aerospace company in Bristol to four days a week.
From BBC
“Was Tennyson ever young?” asks Richard Holmes at the opening of his superb biography, “The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science, and the Crisis of Belief.”
His tales of Sherlock Holmes didn’t always present enough clues for readers—who could hardly be expected to compete with the brilliant detective—to deduce the solution on their own.
The concentration in her gaze made her look like Sherlock Holmes about to solve his biggest case.
From Literature
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