Leonard

[ len-erd ]

noun

1. Sugar Ray Ray Charles Leonard, born 1956, U.S. boxer.
2. William El·ler·y (Channing) [el, -, uh, -ree], 1876–1944, U.S. poet, essayist, and teacher.
3. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “lion” and “hardy.”

Leonard

/ ˈlɛnəd /

noun

1. LeonardSugar Ray1956MUSSPORT AND GAMES: boxer Sugar Ray, real name Ray Charles Leonard. born 1956, US boxer: the first man to have won world titles at five officially recognized weights

Example Sentences

Inside the Next Housing CrisisThen, if given the chance, Leonard would want Lundy to hear her.

From Time

Antetokounmpo and Harden said that they would rather spend the time with their families, and Leonard argued that the NBA was “putting money over health.”

From Washington Post

Antetokounmpo and James Harden said that they would rather spend the time with their families, and Leonard argued that the NBA was “putting money over health.”

From Washington Post

Leonard scored a season-high 35 points to lift the Clippers to a 7-4 start.

From Washington Post

If your late boss did not retain an accountant or lawyer for his business, Leonard recommends you find outwho is representing the estate so you can “go into collaboration mode” with that person.

From Washington Post

In late April or early May 1955, Chuck approached Muddy Waters about recording, and Muddy sent him to Leonard Chess.

From The Daily Beast

That luxury store had been founded years earlier by Herbert Woolf, a relative of the British writers Leonard and Virginia.

From The Daily Beast

Cisco founders Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner have reportedly given 70 percent of the $170 million they earned to animal welfare.

From The Daily Beast

In the pilot, Cosby was so bad that the network [NBC] wanted to replace him, and Leonard and Culp rescued him.

From The Daily Beast

Those words were said by Joshu Sasaki Roshi, who ordained Leonard Cohen as a Zen monk in 1996.

From The Daily Beast

November sixth; feast of St. Leonard, the warrior hermit; third hour of the morning.

From Project Gutenberg

He and Leonard Elwood were great friends; though they were, in many respects, of very different characters.

From Project Gutenberg

He seems, at times, so reserved and distant, I almost feel inclined to call him ‘Mr. Elwood’ instead of ‘Leonard.’

From Project Gutenberg

Leonard was so incoherent in his excitement, that it was some time before his hearers grasped his meaning.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, he subjected me to a long sort of cross-examination respecting our friend Leonard here.

From Project Gutenberg