(a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).
(n.) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
(n.) Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).
Example Sentences:
(1) With Lene Mykjaland having rather less room for manoeuvre than before, the Lionesses at least mustered the odd attacking move.
(2) "It's true that there seems to be more and more of these extreme cases of blooming jellyfish," said Lene Moller, a researcher at the Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment.
(3) The Danish foreign minister, Lene Espersen, said she cannot take direct action against Lundbeck because the drug is produced by a plant in Kansas.
Leno
Definition:
(n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
Example Sentences:
(1) Leverkusen had their goalkeeper Bernd Leno to thank for a fine late save from Léo Baptistão but their night ended on a sour note when Tin Jedvaj received a second booking in injury time.
(2) Leno's audience, admittedly, is never very hard to excite – you get whoops and cheers just for being Vin Diesel or Jessica Alba, never mind the president of the United States – but frequently they rose to their feet, applauding wildly.
(3) Asked about Mourdock's comment on The Tonight Show, Obama told host Jay Leno: "Rape is rape.
(4) On his first live TV appearance in the US (on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show) he played up the confused foreigner shtick, picking holes in the concept of “African-Americans”.
(5) As Jay Leno remarked about the Bill Cosby situation this week: “You go to Saudi Arabia and you need two women to testify against a man; here, you need 25.” Even so, you can’t be too careful.
(6) Jokes about him abounded on late night comedy shows well into the following decade – Letterman, Leno and even on Saturday Night Live.
(7) Asked about the issue by Jay Leno on his Tonight Show, Obama added: "I think they understand that for most of the countries that participate in the Olympics, we wouldn't tolerate gays and lesbians being treated differently."
(8) Obama's long-awaited visit to the Los Angeles studio of NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno was a highly non-traditional venture for a serving president.
(9) In February, longtime rival Jay Leno turned over the Tonight Show to current host Jimmy Fallon.
(10) ("We were going to have vice-president Biden come on and say a few words," Leno quipped, "but, you know, it's only an hour show.")
(11) Since Leno’s departure in February, which saw Jimmy Fallon take over at the Tonight Show, Letterman has been in second place in the ratings to Jimmy Kimmel’s LA-based late night show which airs in the same slot.
(12) Roma picked up where they left off after half time and a scintillating run by Gervinho required another good save from Leno, but the keeper was helpless when Pjanic curled his free kick over the wall.
(13) That snub saw Jay Leno take over from Carson and started a late night ratings war which raged throughout the 90s and saw Leno dominate for the most part.
(14) The irony is, for decades we’ve hankered after a Brit answer to Leno or David Letterman.
(15) The Leverkusen captain was shown a straight red card and Pjanic beat Leno from the spot.
(16) If either were to get the job, they would be up against Jimmy Fallon, newly installed in Jay Leno's The Tonight Show chair at NBC.
(17) Counterattacking at pace, Salah’s shot beat Bernd Leno after he was played in by a superb pass from Dzeko on two minutes.
(18) By then, Noah had become a frequent contributor and had also appeared as a guest on the Jay Leno and David Letterman shows.
(19) Asked about the announcement by Jay Leno, Obama looked unfazed and appeared unlikely to rise to the bait.
(20) Noah, who has appeared on Jay Leno and David Letterman, was the subject of a 2011 documentary film by David Paul Meyer, You Laugh But It’s True, which followed his career in post-apartheid South Africa.