What's the difference between polled and prolled?

Polled


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Poll
  • (a.) Deprived of a poll, or of something belonging to the poll. Specifically: (a) Lopped; -- said of trees having their tops cut off. (b) Cropped; hence, bald; -- said of a person. "The polled bachelor." Beau. & Fl. (c) Having cast the antlers; -- said of a stag. (d) Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans' strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities.
  • (2) Many hope this week's photocalls with the two men will be a recruiting aid and provide a desperately needed bounce in the polls.
  • (3) The move comes as a poll found that 74% of people want doctors to be allowed to help terminally ill people end their lives.
  • (4) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
  • (5) Polls indicated that anger over the government shutdown, which was sharply felt in parts of northern Virginia, as well as discomfort with Cuccinelli's deeply conservative views, handed the race to McAuliffe, a controversial Democratic fundraiser and close ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  • (6) Numerous voters reported problems at polling stations on Tuesday.
  • (7) Yet, polls have Maryland voters approving same-sex marriage by 14 to 20 points.
  • (8) It is worth noting though that the government is reaping scant reward in the polls even though the economy has expanded by more than 3% over the past year and – according to the IMF – will be the fastest growing of the G7 economies this year.
  • (9) Unfortunately for the governor, he could win both states and still face the overwhelming likelihood of failure if he doesn't take Ohio, where the poll found Obama out front 51-43.
  • (10) As it was, Labour limped in seven points and nearly two million votes behind the Conservatives because older cohorts of the electorate leant heavily to the Tories and grandpa and grandma turned up at the polling stations in the largest numbers.
  • (11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have suffered a dramatic slump in support as a result of their role in the coalition and are now barely ahead of the Greens with an average rating of about 8% in the polls.
  • (12) He won the Labour candidacy for the Scottish seat of Kilmarnock and Loudon in 1997, within weeks of polling day, after the sitting Labour MP, Willie McKelvey, decided to stand down when he suffered a stroke.
  • (13) The poll – which sets the stage for a tense and dramatic run to referendum day – suggests that, among the undecideds, more are inclined to vote Remain than Leave.
  • (14) The report's authors warns that to limit their spending councils will have "an incentive to discourage low-income families from living in the area" and that raises the possibility that councils will – like the ill-fated poll tax of the early 1990s – be left to chase desperately poor people through the courts for small amounts of unpaid tax.
  • (15) The polling evidence on this is very clear: the EU is not the primary concern of Ukip voters .
  • (16) Given that a post-poll economy still registers as a crucial issue among undecided voters, and that matters economic are now his BBC day job, that was hardly surprising.
  • (17) It also cancelled the results from 21 polling stations in Libreville.
  • (18) In this vision, people will go to polling stations on 18 September with a mindset somewhere between that of a lobby correspondent and a desiccated calculating machine.
  • (19) Donald Trump and the 'war on women': GOP confident mogul will lose the battle Read more Governor Scott Walker, who recently signed a restrictive 20-week abortion ban in Wisconsin , also opposes abortion without exceptions and has said voters agree, though polls tell a different story.
  • (20) Then they look at a poll and assume that a poll is a proxy for what is really going on.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Cameron and Crosby during the London mayoral campaign in 2012.

Prolled


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Proll

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To mark the event, the Institute of Contemporary Arts has invited Proll to return to London to take part in a season of films and talks reflecting on the era.
  • (2) Proll first went to London in 1974 after her trial for robbery and attempted murder was adjourned due to fears for her health.
  • (3) Times have changed and so - evidently - has Astrid Proll.
  • (4) While at the Independent, Proll was outed by a freebie newspaper, which ran stories on a 'terrorist working in Canary Wharf tower'.
  • (5) Her face on 'Wanted' posters throughout Britain, where she was in hiding for years, Astrid Proll would like to think her life has moved on.
  • (6) Proll escaped the same fate as Baader et al largely because of her years hiding in London under assumed identities.
  • (7) Proll, who has just moved to Berlin after three years living in London, is extremely evasive about her involvement in what she describes as 'some sort of profession, or life-call'.
  • (8) Proll describes the RAF as 'the knife-edge of the general reaction of the young', who were furious at their parents for unquestioningly supporting Hitler.
  • (9) There were 27 cases of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), 6 of prolymphocytic leukaemia (ProLL), and 15 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).
  • (10) One of them turned out to be Astrid Proll (1 ) , although I didn't know it at the time as she had a pseudonym.
  • (11) Many more of Proll's former comrades committed suicide or are still in prison.

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