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Benjamin


Definition:

  • (n.) See Benzoin.
  • (n.) A kind of upper coat for men.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Opposition politicians such as Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam and Chee Soon Juan , brought low for daring to disagree.
  • (2) Israel’s president has told his Mexican counterpart that he was “sorry for the hurt” over a tweet in which the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appeared to praise Donald Trump’s plans to build a wall on the US-Mexican border.
  • (3) Like them, Benjamin is not a revolutionary; he doesn't want to make a new, more free or equitable society.
  • (4) Tuesday's battle began after a Sudanese soldier shot a South Sudan soldier who was getting water from the river, South Sudan government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin said.
  • (5) In 1850 you could see Benjamin West’s ever popular vision of the apocalypse, Death on a Pale Horse , riding melodramatically back into view on Broadway for the fourth time in as many years; and a gallery of Rembrandts at Niblo’s theatre, where Charles Blondin once walked a tightrope.
  • (6) "In ocean races in sailing a handicap prize is awarded as well as a line honours prize to recognise sailing skill rather than simply the newest and most expensive boat," writes Benjamin Penny.
  • (7) In the letter, Gadahn – who the White House has announced was killed in a US drone stike in January – told the al-Qaida leader that Benjamin Franklin had never been a president of the United States and warned that if he or Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden’s deputy, made the mistake in propaganda speeches, their credibility would suffer.
  • (8) Benjamin Crump, the attorney representing Brown’s family, said in a statement: “The family of Michael Brown Jr will wait for official word from the Justice Department regarding whether or not any charges will be filed against the police officer who shot and killed him.” “The family won’t address speculation from anonymous sources,” he added.
  • (9) Chad Abram runs for three yards for a first down, and FSU keep driving, and Winston throws again to Benjamin, 24 yards to the Auburn 29, and that's very much another first down.
  • (10) Julia Donaldson will be showcasing her latest book The Flying Bath as part of the children's programme, as the actor Mackenzie Crook launches his new title The Lost Journals of Benjamin Tooth, Frank Cottrell Boyce returns to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Rosen celebrates 25 years of We're Going on a Bear Hunt.
  • (11) A book published next month charts this era of realpolitik with chilling detail; Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon's conclusion in Imperial Endgame is that "liberal imperialism can only be sustained by illiberal dirty wars.
  • (12) In a high-risk, 65-minute speech in Manchester delivered without notes, and 20 minutes longer than he intended, Miliband tried to take the mantle of the 19th-century Tory prime minister Benjamin Disraeli's one nation, pointedly grabbing the territory and language of the centre ground which he believes David Cameron has foolishly vacated.
  • (13) "Today the world has become a much more dangerous place because the most dangerous regime in the world took a significant step towards obtaining the world's most dangerous weapon," the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told a weekly cabinet meeting.
  • (14) It's not really in the spirit of the question but Zinedine Zidane in 2006, Jürgen Klinsmann in 1998 and Michael Laudrup in the same year were to retire after the tournament and had technically left their respective clubs, Fred Sullivan, Stephen Savva and Benjamin Bilde Boelsmand point out.
  • (15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Benjamin Netanyahu to John Kerry: friends don’t take friends to the security council On Monday, Trump tweeted his displeasure with the UN, dismissing it as “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time”.
  • (16) The abstention decision underlined the tension between Obama and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu , who had made furious efforts to prevent such a move.
  • (17) By its very nature, identifying individuals who ‘may be a threat to civil aviation or national security’ is a predictive judgment intended to prevent future acts of terrorism in an uncertain context,” Justice Department officials Benjamin C Mizer and Anthony J Coppolino told the court on 28 May.
  • (18) The ties between the two are more than a historical curiosity, says Benjamin Young, a contributor to NK News whose Masters research at the State University of New York: the college at Brockport, uncovered surprising details of the relationship.
  • (19) Benjamin Stora, a local resident and specialist in Algerian history, said it was a first step towards "recognising one of the biggest French tragedies".
  • (20) And then there's the issue of turning up at A&E late at night in distress – as Benjamin did while at university in Manchester – but there being no specialist on hand to do a thorough psychiatric assessment.

Styrax


Definition:

  • (n.) A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax officinalis yields storax, and S. Benzoin yields benzoin.
  • (n.) Same as Storax.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The methodology in use is illustrated by the isolation of cinnamic acid, cinnamyl cinnamate and cinnamyl ricinoleate as the active constituents of the classic medicinal plant product, Styrax asiatica.
  • (2) Mysterious, enclosed by twisting trunks: rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias, but viewing points take you above the cloud of maple, acer, styrax, oak leaves to reveal its rainbow vastness fringed by sea and coast: magical.
  • (3) Following intravenous administration of ergometrin (1 and 10 mg), bunitrolol (1-16 mg) and Utrorale (0.1-4 ml) including its compounds oleum sabinae, oleum terebinthinae, balsamum copaivale and Styrax no uterokinetic activity was recorded at any time.

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