Cullen

American  

[kuhl-uhn] / ˈkʌl ən /

noun

1. Countee 1903–46, U.S. poet.

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Cullen British  

/ ˈkʌlən /

noun

1. William Douglas , Baron. born 1935, Scottish judge who conducted public inquiries into the Piper Alpha disaster (1990), the Dunblane school shootings (1996), and the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster (1999); led the tribunal which turned down the appeal (2002) of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi against his conviction for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing

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Example Sentences

“Everybody has tons of questions,” said Cullen Rogers, chief investment officer at Wedbush Fund Advisers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The study was led by the University of Minnesota's Katie Cullen MD, and the imaging method used to measure ATP production in the brain was developed by Professors Xiao Hong Zhu and Wei Chen.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

Cullen said she had woken up on Sunday morning "full of anticipation for events happening for International Women's Day" but she was then told about what had happened.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Sinn Féin MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone Pat Cullen told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme there was a sense of numbness across the community for what is an awful tragedy.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Cullen stays by the door and waits only a few seconds before hearing someone else walking up the porch steps.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley