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Titular


Definition:

  • (a.) Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.
  • (n.) A titulary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Many entertainment trades have blamed the casting of Michael Fassbender in the titular role as the main culprit in the film’s failure to cross over.
  • (2) Dahl’s heroine, Sophie, is a lonely young girl plucked from her bed in an orphanage by the titular behemoth, and carried off to Giant Land, his home, lest she alert the normal world to the presence of giants.
  • (3) Crew members of the Maersk Alabama, which suffered the raid off the coast of lawless Somalia in April 2009, told the New York Post the titular hero played by Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass's critically acclaimed film was far from heroic.
  • (4) Why disaster movies are leading the way for age-appropriate relationships Read more San Andreas , which stars Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino in a story about a massive earthquake on the titular Californian fault line, received mixed reviews from critics, but was helped by Johnson’s star power in the wake of box-office megalith Fast and Furious 7.
  • (5) Nonetheless, the utilitarian fiction of Mr Fairweather and His Family was a superb piece of socially useful work I treasure to this day and I remain eternally grateful to its titular and nonexistent, ennui-ridden antihero Mr Fairweather, the Josef K of prescriptive childcare literature, for normalising my early years.
  • (6) The only survivors are the inhabitants of the enormous titular train, which travels perpetually around the frozen planet.
  • (7) Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland saw the titular heroine returning to the Carrollian underworld as a young woman, while last year’s Oz the Great and Powerful was a prequel to the story of the wonderful wizard.
  • (8) Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Television roles after The Jewel in the Crown included the titular chief constable, John Stafford, in The Chief (1990-93) and the much sleazier chief inspector Frank Vickers in The Vice (2001-03).
  • (9) During Microsoft’s event, the company unveiled Rare Replay, a collection of 30 titles collected from the back catalogue of the esteemed, titular British game developer.
  • (10) Church's biggest hit – the melodic rock anthem Springsteen – has more in common with its titular hero than Nashville.
  • (11) He will remain editor-in-chief, which he says will be more than a titular role, but plans to be an "enabler" rather than an overlord.
  • (12) Los Angeles County Museum of Art , opens 4 October Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer With more than 70 paintings, from portraits by the titular superstars to lesser-known works by Pieter de Hooch and Jan Steen, this years-in-the-making show examines the Dutch Golden Age through the lens of social standing.
  • (13) In her version, Catherine visits the Edinburgh book festival, and the titular gothic mansion is situated in the Scottish borders.
  • (14) Low budget Aussie true crime horror Snowtown won plaudits in 2011 for its depiction of a series of killings in the titular south Australian town in the 1990s.
  • (15) In depicts the titular puppets disbanded and their studio in a state of bad repair, when a felt-and-foam superfan called Walter, from Smalltown, US, resolves to do everything he can to get the old gang back together.
  • (16) Based on the titular Japanese young adult novel, it sets up a Groundhog Day-style premise where a rookie lieutenant colonel named Bill Cage (Cruise) is forced to fight the same losing battle against alien invaders again and again, experiencing horrifying death countless times.
  • (17) X-Men: Apocalypse is expected to centre on the titular villain, who in the comic books was the first mutant human, born more than 5,000 years ago.
  • (18) Meanwhile, NBC's The Event is a twisty political thriller in the vein of 24, ABC is counting on its Generation Y drama My Generation, to be a hit, and CBS has greenlit the first comedy to be spun off from Twitter with Shit My Dad Says, starring William Shatner as the titular grumpy dad.
  • (19) Sir Mark, titular head of the Thatcher family, was speaking earlier this week of the "very sad moment" of his mother's death, in what must have been his first formal interview before the UK's TV cameras since his rather embittered exile from the UK almost 30 years before.
  • (20) The US continues to insist that Assad stands down at the end of the process, but Iran and Russia have spoken instead of decentralisation, and Assad being left with a more titular role.

Titularly


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Many entertainment trades have blamed the casting of Michael Fassbender in the titular role as the main culprit in the film’s failure to cross over.
  • (2) Dahl’s heroine, Sophie, is a lonely young girl plucked from her bed in an orphanage by the titular behemoth, and carried off to Giant Land, his home, lest she alert the normal world to the presence of giants.
  • (3) Crew members of the Maersk Alabama, which suffered the raid off the coast of lawless Somalia in April 2009, told the New York Post the titular hero played by Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass's critically acclaimed film was far from heroic.
  • (4) Why disaster movies are leading the way for age-appropriate relationships Read more San Andreas , which stars Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino in a story about a massive earthquake on the titular Californian fault line, received mixed reviews from critics, but was helped by Johnson’s star power in the wake of box-office megalith Fast and Furious 7.
  • (5) Nonetheless, the utilitarian fiction of Mr Fairweather and His Family was a superb piece of socially useful work I treasure to this day and I remain eternally grateful to its titular and nonexistent, ennui-ridden antihero Mr Fairweather, the Josef K of prescriptive childcare literature, for normalising my early years.
  • (6) The only survivors are the inhabitants of the enormous titular train, which travels perpetually around the frozen planet.
  • (7) Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland saw the titular heroine returning to the Carrollian underworld as a young woman, while last year’s Oz the Great and Powerful was a prequel to the story of the wonderful wizard.
  • (8) Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Television roles after The Jewel in the Crown included the titular chief constable, John Stafford, in The Chief (1990-93) and the much sleazier chief inspector Frank Vickers in The Vice (2001-03).
  • (9) During Microsoft’s event, the company unveiled Rare Replay, a collection of 30 titles collected from the back catalogue of the esteemed, titular British game developer.
  • (10) Church's biggest hit – the melodic rock anthem Springsteen – has more in common with its titular hero than Nashville.
  • (11) He will remain editor-in-chief, which he says will be more than a titular role, but plans to be an "enabler" rather than an overlord.
  • (12) Los Angeles County Museum of Art , opens 4 October Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer With more than 70 paintings, from portraits by the titular superstars to lesser-known works by Pieter de Hooch and Jan Steen, this years-in-the-making show examines the Dutch Golden Age through the lens of social standing.
  • (13) In her version, Catherine visits the Edinburgh book festival, and the titular gothic mansion is situated in the Scottish borders.
  • (14) Low budget Aussie true crime horror Snowtown won plaudits in 2011 for its depiction of a series of killings in the titular south Australian town in the 1990s.
  • (15) In depicts the titular puppets disbanded and their studio in a state of bad repair, when a felt-and-foam superfan called Walter, from Smalltown, US, resolves to do everything he can to get the old gang back together.
  • (16) Based on the titular Japanese young adult novel, it sets up a Groundhog Day-style premise where a rookie lieutenant colonel named Bill Cage (Cruise) is forced to fight the same losing battle against alien invaders again and again, experiencing horrifying death countless times.
  • (17) X-Men: Apocalypse is expected to centre on the titular villain, who in the comic books was the first mutant human, born more than 5,000 years ago.
  • (18) Meanwhile, NBC's The Event is a twisty political thriller in the vein of 24, ABC is counting on its Generation Y drama My Generation, to be a hit, and CBS has greenlit the first comedy to be spun off from Twitter with Shit My Dad Says, starring William Shatner as the titular grumpy dad.
  • (19) Sir Mark, titular head of the Thatcher family, was speaking earlier this week of the "very sad moment" of his mother's death, in what must have been his first formal interview before the UK's TV cameras since his rather embittered exile from the UK almost 30 years before.
  • (20) The US continues to insist that Assad stands down at the end of the process, but Iran and Russia have spoken instead of decentralisation, and Assad being left with a more titular role.

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