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Dirk


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.
  • (v. t.) To stab with a dirk.
  • (a.) Dark.
  • (v. t.) To darken.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals , a series where James made a habit of disappearing in the fourth quarter, it somehow felt like an underdog victory (because nothing screams "true underdogs" like a Dallas-based team bankrolled by a billionaire mogul ).
  • (2) Look back 25 years | Dirk Laabs Read more A few ruins away, near the remains of the throne room, 18-year-old Berliner, Sarah Akopova, is also sympathetic.
  • (3) His Scottish accent was only fleetingly used, something kept up his sleeve, as he said, "like a dirk for tight corners".
  • (4) This time from Mike Wilner: Dirk Kuyt as James Brown?
  • (5) The magnificent bronze Beaune Dirk is a princely dagger, but could not have been intended for practical use: the blade was never sharpened, nor the end drilled to attach a wooden hilt.
  • (6) There were isolated portrayals of gay, lesbian and bisexual characters, but you had to look for them – Dirk Bogarde's 1961 film Victim, about a barrister taking on blackmailers; John Hurt as The Naked Civil Servant in 1975; and an episode of Crown Court a year later, about a gay transvestite entrapped by a policeman.
  • (7) The argument had validity, with Mascherano, Dirk Kuyt and Albert Riera all way below recent standards, but it was also a poor reflection on a squad Benítez has labelled the strongest of his Anfield reign.
  • (8) Teams: Netherlands: 1-Maarten Stekelenburg; 2-Gregory van der Wiel, 3-John Heitinga, 4-Joris Mathijsen, 5-Giovanni van Bronckhorst, 7-Dirk Kuyt, 6-Mark van Bommel, 10-Wesley Sneijder, 8-Nigel de Jong, 23-Rafael van der Vaart, 9-Robin van Persie.
  • (9) My head hurts after watching Dirk Kuyt hit Row Z with his crosses last night.
  • (10) Netherlands: 1-Maarten Stekelenburg; 12-Khalid Boulahrouz, 3-John Heitinga, 4-Joris Mathijsen, 5-Giovanni van Bronckhorst; 7-Dirk Kuyt, 6-Mark van Bommel, 10-Wesley Sneijder, 14-Demy de Zeeuw, 11-Arjen Robben; 9-Robin van Persie.
  • (11) Early in the game, he had to make a double block at the feet of Benayoun and then Dirk Kuyt.
  • (12) Impassioned shouty pointy Arsenal man, Romelu Lukaku's hotel japes and Jonathan de Guzman giving Dirk Kuyt a very black eye are all part of this week's Classic YouTube .
  • (13) Only if it's scored from a total combined distance of three-and-a-half yards, for quintessential Dirkness.
  • (14) Brandon Belt then drives Pence in with a triple that bounces away from Andy Dirks in the outfield.
  • (15) The German development minister, Dirk Niebel, who was in Kabul for talks with Afghan officials, said the security situation was "tense" on Monday.
  • (16) Western Conference LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers); DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings); James Harden, Dwight Howard (Houston Rockets); Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks), Tony Parker (San Antonio Spurs); Mike Conley (Memphis Grizzlies); Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans): Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors).
  • (17) Dirk Kuyt last night hailed Holland's achievement in reaching the World Cup final after 32 years as "unreal" but urged his team-mates not to squander the opportunity to claim the trophy for the first time in the country's history.
  • (18) Diaw hit from long range over Dirk Nowitzki at the top of the key for a 90-87 lead.
  • (19) 6.23pm BST 62 mins "Dirk Kuyt is surely Nickelback" says James Gerard.
  • (20) Tennis Vlaanderen president Dirk de Maeseneer said in a statement: “Ghent will fully support the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final.

Dirt


Definition:

  • (n.) Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.
  • (n.) Meanness; sordidness.
  • (n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
  • (v. t.) To make foul of filthy; to dirty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But this morning's right-of-centre national papers were determined to rub his nose in the dirt.
  • (2) He got so bad that I - and this is true - turned off the television and went outside to watch my son add to his dirt collection.
  • (3) But Gates’s decision to “bump off from art” and live “in the sphere of dirt, the dirty, the stuff that we think is in the ground” was revelatory, leading to invitations to Davos and a TED Talk, where he talked about how he revived a neighborhood with imagination and hard graft .
  • (4) Earlier this year, a century-old wasteland of limestone and red dirt in south-west Nigeria was transformed into the biggest cement plant in Africa.
  • (5) Along with Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, he brought the music of the dirt farms, the sweat shops and the lonesome highways into America's – and later the world's – living room.
  • (6) The land is held by the Navajo people, and visitors must pay an access fee to drive through the tribal park on a 17-mile dirt loop, which is suitable for all cars when dry but impassable after a storm ( usually in late summer).
  • (7) It’s a bit of a trek to get there: a few kilometres drive along a dirt road and then a short walk, with arrows painted on stones.
  • (8) Apparently, optimal disinfection of contaminated knives is extremely difficult to attain without the use of mechanical forces such as a high pressure water jet to remove the dirt.
  • (9) This state of high resistance to infection can be reduced by several factors which include circulatory embarrassment, tissue injury, dead space, and the presence of foreign bodies (dirt, sutures, drains, etc.).
  • (10) Among the prime concerns, especially for facial skin, is the type of dirt, debris, or make-up to be removed.
  • (11) We’re out there one night ’til 3am shoveling dirt on the fire.
  • (12) The land that when you shed your shoes and walk, you feel every grain of dirt and every blade of grass and for a moment, everything is right in the world and you are in your rightful place in it.
  • (13) Because the all-hallowed children must learn from their elders to exercise, every adult entering Hampstead Heath must hit the dirt for a set of 25 press-ups.
  • (14) Elevated concentrations of the soil fungi were significantly (P = 0.05) associated with the dirt floor, crawl-space type of basement.
  • (15) With its dirt pavements and crumbling wooden homes, the city of Kirov is a city stuck in time.
  • (16) Another former colleague in the psychological operations unit, Fred Allen Lucas, said that Page called him a "race traitor" for dating Latina women and took to calling other races "dirt people".
  • (17) Observations for estrus were conducted three times daily in a dirt paddock containing a testosterone-treated cow.
  • (18) On the outskirts of Juba, along a dirt road just past the UN camp, opposition forces clad in new uniforms and boots lined up for a military parade.
  • (19) Lead antiknock additives are therefore not a significant contributor to the lead content of dirt around houses where children usually play.
  • (20) As the result of smear slide evaluation, it was concluded that proper sputum specimens have been smeared but smears were generally too thin and contaminated with too many dirt .

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