(n.) A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines.
Example Sentences:
(1) A ferocious interior lineman who has drawn comparison with Houston's JJ Watt, Floyd will help compensate for the departure of seven-time Pro Bowler Richard Seymour.
(2) - Baltimore already had a tough task ahead of them against a Cincinnati team that has put up 40+ points in each of its last four home games, and life got a little bit more difficult this morning when it was confirmed that defensive lineman Arthur Jones would not play, after failing to pass the league’s mandated concussion protocol following the injury he suffered last week against New England.
(3) Frederick has good pedigree, he is the 15th offensive lineman to be drafted out of Wisconsin since 2000.
(4) An investigation conducted for the NFL determined Incognito and two other offensive linemen engaged in persistent harassment of tackle Jonathan Martin , another offensive lineman and an assistant trainer.
(5) The Miami Herald, indeed, claimed that the canteen table stunt had been pulled on at least one other Dolphins lineman in recent days – suggesting that it was not designed specifically to humiliate Martin.
(6) Big news,” the offensive lineman tweeted as news of the trade broke.
(7) I think that goes for almost every defensive lineman," he says.
(8) 10.07pm GMT Injuries Defensive lineman Mike Neal (knee) joins cornerback Sam Shields in the locker room.
(9) Chance Warmack , offensive guard, Alabama 2.20am BST Titans on the clock... 2.20am BST This was the trade made a few minutes ago by the Rams 2.18am BST No.9 The New York Jets pick... Dee Milliner , cornerback, Alabama (At least they avoided adding yet another quarterback) 2.13am BST Paolo's verdict on Tavon Austin Paolo says: And there you have it – the first non-lineman selected in this year’s draft is West Virginia’s Tavon Austin.
(10) We can also see the appeal of a Magnetic Man album arranged like a dubstep version of BEF's 1982 project Music of Quality and Distinction , where the boffin-techno bods behind Heaven 17 produced everyone from Tina Turner to Sandie Shaw on a series of radical reinterpretations of classics such as Suspicious Minds and Wichita Lineman.
(11) Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin twice considered suicide during a sustained campaign of harassment from teammates, an NFL independent commission’s report has revealed.
(12) ESPN reported that he had sent his fellow offensive lineman a number of threatening phone messages over the last two years, including one voicemail in which he allegedly called the then rookie a “half-nigger piece of shit” .
(13) Someone is going to take a chance on him, and though Ansah enjoyed more success as a down lineman during his last year in college, there is no reason why he can't eventually be effective rushing the passer from a two-point stance.
(14) Caring’s stake in BHS was held via two British Virgin Islands based entities, Dar Jenna and Lineman Holdings, which meant his involvement, while widely rumoured in the fashion industry, was only confirmed by the Guardian last year by leaks from HSBC’s Swiss private bank.
(15) Less than one month away from the start of the NFL season, the San Francisco 49ers' rookie defensive lineman has poor technique, minimal experience and only a modest grasp of the game's strategic element.
(16) He was a football player, an offensive lineman with a reputation for confronting anyone lined up across him.
(17) Carolina Panthers: Star Lotulelei, defensive tackle, Utah Lotulelei is what a lot of analysts will refer to as a "space-eater" – a big guy who does his best work lined up opposite a specific offensive lineman, controlling the gaps either side of that player.
(18) Although treatment alleviated the shoulder symptoms at low-level activities, the patient was unable to successfully compete under the extreme demands of an American football lineman.
(19) Carson recalled that one of his Giants teammates, offensive lineman Roy Simmons, was suspected as being gay and was never ostracized.
(20) Lotulelei is what a lot of analysts will refer to as a “space-eater” – a big guy who does his best work lined up opposite a specific offensive lineman, controlling the gaps either side of that player – rather than seeking to penetrate and make plays in the backfield as Richardson might do.
Position
Definition:
(v. t.) To indicate the position of; to place.
(n.) The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
(n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
(n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
(n.) Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
(n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
Example Sentences:
(1) The bank tellers who saw their positions filled by male superiors took special pleasure in going to the bank and keeping them busy.
(2) In each sheep there was a significant negative correlation between the glucose and corticosteroid concentrations in both maternal and fetal plasma, and there were positive correlations between the maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of glucose, and between the glucose and fructose concentrations of fetal plasma.
(3) None of the strains was found to be positive for cytotoxic enterotoxin in the GM1-ELISA.
(4) The patterns observed were: clusters of granules related to the cell membrane; positive staining localized to portions of the cell membrane, and, less commonly, the whole cell circumference.
(5) In 49 cases undergoing systemic lymphadenectomy 32 were found to have glandular involvement, of which both aortic and pelvic nodes were positive in 17 cases (53.1%), aortic nodes positive but pelvic negative in six (18.8%), and pelvic nodes positive but aortic negative in nine (28.1%).
(6) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
(7) Fecal occult blood was positive in 4 patients and fecal leukocytes were positive in one patient.
(8) We have determined the genomic structure of the fosB gene and shown that it consists of 4 exons and 3 introns at positions also found in the c-fos gene.
(9) An unsaturated fatty acid auxotroph of Escherichia coli was grown with a series of cis-octadecenoate isomers in which the location of the double bond varied from positions 3 to 17.
(10) It is concluded that amlodipine reduces myocardial ischemic injury by mechanism(s) that may involve a reduction in myocardial oxygen demand as well as by positively influencing transmembrane Ca2+ fluxes during ischemia and reperfusion.
(11) Stimulation is also observed with mixtures of APC expressing DPw3 and APC expressing A1, and likewise, DPw3+ APC become stimulatory when preincubated with supernatants from A1-positive cells.
(12) Nine of 14 patients studied for documented clinical relapse had positive repeat studies.
(13) Ca2+ transport was positively correlated with MR cell density.
(14) At pH 7.0, reduction is complete after 6 to 10 h. These results together with an earlier study concerning the positions of the two most readily reduced bonds (Cornell J.S., and Pierce, J.G.
(15) A quadripolar catheter was positioned either at the site of earliest ventricular activation during induced monomorphic ventricular tachycardia or at circumscribed areas of the left ventricle.
(16) Fifteen sera ICA-IgG and ICA-protein A positive with high titres remained positive thereafter.
(17) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.
(18) Induction of labor, based upon only (1) a finding of meconium in the amniocentesis group or (2) a positive test in the OCT group, was nearly three times more frequent in the amniocentesis group.
(19) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
(20) When subjects centered themselves actively, or additionally, contracted trunk flexor or extensor muscles to predetermined levels of activity, no increase in trunk positioning accuracy was found.