Woodward

[ wood-werd ]

noun

1. C(omer) Vann, 1908–99, U.S. historian.
2. Robert Burns, 1917–79, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1965.
3. a town in northwestern Oklahoma.

Woodward

/ ˈwʊdwəd /

noun

1. WoodwardClive1956MBritishSPORT: rugby-union coach Sir Clive . born 1956, English Rugby Union player and subsequently (1997–2004) coach of the England team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2003.
2. WoodwardR(obert) B(urns)19171979MUSSCIENCE: chemist R ( obert ) B ( urns ). 1917–79, US chemist. For his work on the synthesis of quinine, strychnine, cholesterol, and other organic compounds he won the Nobel prize for chemistry 1965

Example Sentences

That testimony came after publication of the book “Peril” — by reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa — which said that Milley was worried at the time about the potential for erratic behavior by the departing president.

From Los Angeles Times

After the riot, Johnston was fired by the creator of “Bob’s Burgers,” lost a role in a movie based on the show and has “essentially been blacklisted” in Hollywood, said defense attorney Stanley Woodward.

From Los Angeles Times

Johnston has "essentially been blacklisted by Hollywood" and "has worked as a handyman for the last two years – an obvious far cry from his actual expertise and livelihood in film and television", Mr Woodward argued.

From BBC

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the duo that broke the Watergate scandal for the paper and brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon, called Bezos' move "surprising and disappointing" in a joint statement.

From Salon

Gen. Mark A. Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is quoted in a new book by The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward that the former president is “fascist to the core.”

From Los Angeles Times