What's the difference between dewy and rory?

Dewy


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.
  • (a.) Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.
  • (a.) Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When you hear the name Jesus, is the first image that comes to mind a dewy-eyed pretty boy with flowing locks?
  • (2) Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti’s photographs of tax havens will be exhibited at the Arles photography festival from 6 July to 20 September, and published in a book, The Heavens: Annual Report, by Dewi Lewis Media on 3 August, priced at £39.
  • (3) "Oh my gosh," she says, in her rich, dewy Kentucky accent, and holds out a perfectly manicured hand.
  • (4) Birrell seeks to paint opponents of privatisation as dewy-eyed nostalgists.
  • (5) This is a house we’ll be able to grow into,” the case study quotes Matthew as saying, presumably as he gazes, dewy-eyed, at a light fitting or something.
  • (6) Only the most dewy-eyed optimists would claim that all is well, though some like Con Coughlin of the Telegraph do.
  • (7) In a review of more than 3000 cancer patients, DeWys and colleagues identified significantly improved survival in those patients without weight loss compared with those had lost 6% of their body weight (Am J Med 69:491-497, 1980).
  • (8) It is wrong (and pointless) to be dewy-eyed about the old industrial era, with its dirty and back-breaking jobs and its exclusion of women.
  • (9) They had longed for this day, and after all the emotion at the start, the dewy-eyed speech from Claudio Ranieri and the guard of honour that ushered his team on to the pitch, their heroes quickly set about showing everyone why they now go by the title of champions of England .
  • (10) Down at the Indy , a dewy-eyed Christina Patterson found Labour's young men floundering against a chap who "looks like a prime minister, sounds like a prime minister and acts like a prime minister".
  • (11) Vinny says, becoming breathless and dewy-eyed as he describes the roar of an audience's laughter and the backstage ambience where the groupies stood in a queue.
  • (12) The last mentioned features are strongly effective also in aride regions, with the well known fluctations of high parching and dewiness.
  • (13) Why did we have to have Little Red Riding Hood?’’ But that is about as dewy-eyed as he gets.
  • (14) The yes surge is not being driven by blood-and-soil nationalism, by dewy-eyed Celtic nostalgia or the resurrection of a Braveheart spirit.
  • (15) • Guantánamo: If The Light Goes Out, by Edmund Clark, Julian Stallabrass and Omar Deghayes, is published by Dewi Lewis Publishing at £35.
  • (16) If you talk to people of a certain age, they will tell you, dewy eyed, about being huddled over a retro computer such as a Sinclair Spectrum or Commodore C64 plugged into a portable TV, playing games which by today’s modern standards are very simple, often very silly, but had a fun factor never seen before till that point in time.” Revival of the Spectrum brand will boost the profile of the 74-year-old Sinclair, who launched his first mass-market consumer product in 1962.
  • (17) STAY in Old Post Office Cottage or Ivy Cottage (£180 for two) in the grounds, or at the restaurant's own Angel Hotel, (01873 857121, angelabergavenny.com , doubles from £101) Y Polyn, Capel Dewi, Carmarthernshire Photograph: Alamy From the statement on their website – "Fat equals flavour.
  • (18) Results of prospective and long-term investigations will help to define subsets of stage I patients for whom RLND may be unnecessary (DeWys et al.
  • (19) · Degrees by Andy Gotts is published by Dewi Lewis Media on October 6.
  • (20) 100 Leading Ladies is published by Dewi Lewis Media on 2 October at £30.

Rory


Definition:

  • (a.) Dewy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The local MP, Rory Stewart, a mover and shaker on the broadband project, told me that he was desperate to get telehealth into Cumbria, but regretfully felt that it was not immediately doable, because the local council and healthcare community did not yet have the necessary expertise.
  • (2) Nushra Mansuri , professional officer at the British Association of Social Workers Vasilios Ioakimidis , secretary of the European Association of Schools of Social Work and programme director of MA international social work and community development at the University of Durham Rory Truell , secretary-general of the International Federation of Social Workers Discussion commissioned and controlled by the Guardian, hosted to a brief agreed with Cafcass.
  • (3) Rory Kinnear is captivating as the journalist covering a massacre.
  • (4) After expressing frustration with Stoke City's style of play, the dreadful standard of the game and the lack of width available on a pitch narrowed to exploit Rory Delap's throw-ins, Tony Mowbray finally realised that a sixth defeat in seven matches might also owe something to West Bromwich Albion's shortcomings.
  • (5) Gray said he and his brother, Rory, who lives in Germany, had met Wood and been in contact by email during her investigation.
  • (6) He tweeted on Wednesday: “I did not pull out of presenting the Rory Peck Awards - they dropped me.” The awards were set up in 1995 in memory of freelance cameraman Rory Peck, who was killed in Moscow in 1993.
  • (7) When Rory McIlroy is hitting hole-in-ones and Carl Frampton is swinging knock-out punches, we cheer together.
  • (8) Rory Stewart in Iraq in 2004 during his time as deputy governorate co-ordinator of Maysan province.
  • (9) Things are different now: wonks observe that we’ve got lucky with the chairs – Margaret Hodge on the public accounts committee (PAC), Rory Stewart on defence, Sarah Wollaston on health – but committee work is flattered mainly by comparison with everything else.
  • (10) Rory Cooper, a Republican strategist who served as an aide to former House majority leader Eric Cantor, also said the rest of the field should distance itself from Trump “early and often”.
  • (11) Ringo Starr, Elton John, Ronnie Wood, Rory Gallagher and Brian May were among the extraordinary cast who joined him for his come-back album, Puttin' On The Style, which was launched in grand style with a party in the south of France.
  • (12) Fittingly, for an actor playing a TV news reporter who is called to the scene, it is Rory Kinnear who best articulates the conflicting emotions around such an event.
  • (13) We’ll leave you with this live stream of a rally in Miami: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 10.14pm GMT Santa Monica The Guardian’s Rory Carroll (@ rorycarroll 72) has been at an event in Santa Monica, California: After lighting up a Hollywood boulevard earlier in the day, dozens of women are dancing through downtown Santa Monica under glorious sunshine, drawing cheers, applause and curious glances.
  • (14) A former economics editor of the Independent who is married to the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones , Coyle was tipped as a leading contender for the job earlier this month .
  • (15) The MoD needs to understand better the links between deployment, alcohol misuse and violent behaviour, especially domestic violence.” Rory Stewart MP, the committee chairman, said: “The armed forces is perhaps the most impressive and effective institution in Britain today, and an inspiration to the rest of the country.
  • (16) Rory Stewart, a minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, said in a statement released over the weekend: “There are clear benefits of EU membership for our natural environment, both at home and abroad.
  • (17) In Cumbria, the new Tory MP for Penrith and the Borders, Rory Stewart, is trying to improve the provision of broadband.
  • (18) Southcliffe, a Channel 4 drama about the aftermath of a series of shootings in a small town, also picked up supporting actor and actress nods for Rory Kinnear and Shirley Henderson and is in the running in the mini-series category.
  • (19) Rory Albanese (@RoryAlbanese) I only wish I was there so I could tongue kiss @StephenAtHome the way he deserves.
  • (20) Rory Carroll reports: Asked whether this launch is a response to pressure to monetize, Zuckberg laughs it off.

Words possibly related to "dewy"