Dempsey

[ demp-see ]

noun

1. Jack William Harrison Dempsey, 1895–1983, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1919–26.

Dempsey

/ ˈdɛmpsɪ /

noun

1. DempseyJack18951983MUSSPORT AND GAMES: boxer Jack. real name William Harrison Dempsey. 1895–1983, US boxer; world heavyweight champion (1919–26)

Example Sentences

Dempsey, meanwhile, would put money toward limiting the government policies that enable extractive industries, such as oil and gas, to become powerful.

From Vox

Protected and conserved areas don’t, for example, address the issue of tax evasion, which limits the money that governments can spend on public conservation, Dempsey said.

From Vox

The bulk of recent pledges tend to favor somewhat traditional models of conservation, Dempsey said, such as building networks of protected areas or planting trees, which we’ve been doing for decades.

From Vox

Dempsey had resigned a year earlier as president pro tem of the Missouri Senate, and County Council members knew him well.

From ProPublica

When I was on the phone with Dempsey, the president called him.

From Freakonomics

And yet Dempsey and others have repeatedly said ISIS cannot be defeated militarily.

From The Daily Beast

Dempsey has twice made public statements that seemed to reveal his dissatisfaction with the White House policy.

From The Daily Beast

Had they overrun the Iraqi unit,” Dempsey said, “it was a straight shot to the airport.

From The Daily Beast

Sen. John McCain asked Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey last week during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

From The Daily Beast

On Tuesday, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he may recommend ground forces in the future.

From The Daily Beast

I have it on good authority that he put Mr. Dempsey to sleep one evening about fifteen years ago in an amateur boxing meet.

From Project Gutenberg

"Your mother'll have to wait, but you kin have your wish," said Dempsey gleefully.

From Project Gutenberg

If the other had overheard what just had passed between Ginsburg and Dempsey he gave no sign.

From Project Gutenberg

"I rather think not," said the Knight, who was by no means sorry to turn Mr. Dempsey from cross-examination into mere narrative.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Dempsey came up at this moment with a lady leaning on each of his arms.

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