(n.) A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather
Example Sentences:
(1) Firstly, the intervention and example of the archetypal celebrity fairy godmother, Oprah Winfrey.
(2) She appeared out of nowhere, said a few words that no one could hear and then slowly made her way through the photographers to a cab and vanished: a great, big, fruitily dressed fairy godmother who, when you come to think of it, bears not the slightest resemblance to any of the other seven billion people on the planet.
(3) We value diversity, self-expression and experimentation above all else.” “The liberation of LGBTQ+ people is wired into the original components of electronic music culture and personally embodied in the deep, lifelong friendship between our godmother (and trans icon), Wendy Carlos and our godfather, Bob Moog,” Black Madonna said.
(4) Heywood and Gu were once so close that she was godmother to one of his children.
(5) It was like DIY SOS; or as Sally says, a scene from a Disney movie with me being her fairy godmother.
(6) Undoubtedly, her relationship to Tupac– she was his step-aunt and godmother – has played a role.
(7) ■ The Watergate tapes popularised the phrase "expletive deleted" and Richard Nixon is depicted using the F-word eight times in one scene alone of Oliver Stone's Nixon , and often the CS-word (which is most effectively overdubbed, for family viewing, with "fairy godmother").
(8) She is still reliant on a fairy godmother ( Helena Bonham Carter ) to help wrest her from this servile purgatory, and her life ambitions still seem to include marrying a prince and wearing a very nice dress.
(9) I've just become a godmother and it's the first time I'd actually been into a mother and baby unit and seen a newborn, and it's pretty emotional, isn't it?
(10) His political hero, whom he met as a small boy, was David Lloyd George, the last Liberal prime minister, whose daughter, Megan, was his godmother.
(11) Other groups currently have to do cleanup on the bad design of their platforms, and the marketplace will walk if those solutions are not in place.” “Sexual harassment in the workplace was the issue that radicalised my godmother, and this is connected,” says Wilson.
(12) Once your children are up and skiing, there are themed areas on the mountain that add a touch of magic and story telling, such as the Piste of the Wicked Fairy Godmother in Courchevel Moriond, and the Indians Piste, where children go in search of the Grey Wolf and the Chief of the Indian tribe.
(13) Haryssa's godmother had doted on her, according to a neighbour, Bellefleur Jean Heber.
(14) Prince Charles, Sir James Goldsmith and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild were among his intimates; Diana, Princess of Wales, was godmother to his youngest son.
(15) More to the point, where is the female Judd Apatow, playing godmother to a new wave of funny ladies in femme-oriented comedies that allow their characters to live lives beyond Prada?
(16) What can we learn from the story of Zac and Sarah, the ragged orphans upon whom the benevolent fairy godmother of the DWP bestowed their enchanted kindness?
(17) "There are no police, no anybody," said Haryssa's despairing godmother, Kettely Clerge.
(18) At this point no one would be that surprised if Kensington Palace put out an easel declaring that she is going to be Prince George's godmother.
(19) Once his parents introduced him to amazing music; now he takes them out to his DJ sets, his mother and godmother joining him in the booth at Trouw in Amsterdam till 7.30am.
(20) He says he left mates behind and there’s a moment when he’s looking back on his career and talking about his best friends in football – “Álvaro Arbeloa: I’ve known him since I was 17, his wife’s godmother to my children and he helped me grow up, telling me to start behaving like an adult and a professional” – about how what matters most at any club is the dressing room.
Vang
Definition:
(n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.
Example Sentences:
(1) I believe deeply that a president will be elected by this parliament but we have to be ready for every possibility,” said Vangelis Meimarakis, president of the House and a member of the governing centre right New Democracy party.
(2) The national parliament sent the message that it had to send to Europe ,” said Vangelis Meimarakis, the interim leader of the conservative main opposition New Democracy party.
(3) His sister, remarkably jovial, wears black for their younger brother Vangelis, who died of nobody will say exactly what two years ago next month, aged 52.
(4) Despite his past, Teasdale sees few – if any – connections between the scene and the Vangelis-like waves of synths, hip-hop-inspired beat patterns and classical flourishes of Severant.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Syriza’s Alexis Tsipras, and Vangelis Meimarakis, leader of the centre-right New Democracy at a Greek state TV debate.
(6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Vangelis Meimarakis, leader of the New Democracy party.
(7) As the scale of the victory became clear, the conservative leader, Vangelis Meimarakis conceded defeat.
(8) More dated now than its hard-boiled lustre is the movie’s equal and opposite involvement in modish early 80s dreams; the soundtrack by Vangelis was up-to-the-minute, while the replicants dress like extras in a Billy Idol video, a post-punk, synth-pop costume party.
(9) There’s no real point voting.” Anti-austerity Syriza leader and outgoing premier Alexis Tsipras, who resigned this summer after accepting punishing new bailout terms to ward off bankruptcy and keep Greece in the euro, and Vangelis Meimarakis, of the centre-right New Democracy, are tied in the polls .
(10) As young accountant who gave his name only as Vangelis told Helena: If you think that there are over one million unemployed at least 300000 must live in Athens but there was nowhere near that turn-out...Isn't it odd that the violence erupted just when the work stoppage (among shopowners) was about to end?
(11) Even if we achieve very little, we will know that we have held our heads high,” said Vangelis Pavlatos, an actor, in what has become a common refrain.
(12) Georgios, a welder and mechanic before becoming a bank security guard, and Vangelis, a salesman, shoe repairer and, latterly, gardener, were the breadwinners.
(13) The Greek people clearly wanted Alexis Tsipras , they had confidence in Alexis Tsipras and we have a clear, four-year mandate ahead of us,” said the Syriza MP Vangelis Apostolou.
(14) But plenty also seem willing to trust the back-to-stability image projected by New Democracy leader, Vangelis Meimarakis.
(15) Her version of Jon and Vangelis's State of Independence was covered by Chrissie Hynde.
(16) Comparing these results with those obtained in three other series reported in the published literature (WARREN [12], MOSIMANN [8], and VANG [17], showed that they were close to those obtained by VANG, as far as reduction in intrahepatic portal circulation is concerned, but rather different from those of WARREN in respect to the efficacy of portogastric separation.
(17) Starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson as British sprinters competing in the Paris Olympics of 1924, Hugh Hudson's drama won four Oscars at the 1981 Academy Awards, including best picture, best original screenplay, best costume design and best original music for Vangelis's stirring synth-fuelled score.
(18) Quite early in Greece’s crisis, Vangelis lost his job.
(19) The Saturday Rock Show boldly ignored such ephemera as punk rock, Freeman choosing to concentrate instead on hard or progressive rock stalwarts including Bachmann Turner Overdrive, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Vangelis and Yes.
(20) The marriages contracted between 1600 and 1850 in the parishes Vang and Slidre in the mountain valley of Valdres in Norway were investigated, using the information in the genealogical and local history of the parishes and in various public archives.