(adv.) At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; -- used relatively.
(adv.) While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds.
(adv.) Which time; then; -- used elliptically as a noun.
Example Sentences:
Wren
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits.
Example Sentences:
(1) Yesterday streams of worshippers and tourists entered Sir Christopher Wren's building for Sunday services, apparently unconcerned by events outside.
(2) For me, though, it would make no difference whether or not One New Change had been designed by Frank Gehry or Alvaro Siza , or by today's equivalent (should they exist) of Wren or Hawksmoor .
(3) Paramyxovirus type 2(PMV-2) (Yucaipa-like), unreported in free-flying passerines in the Americas, was recovered from a finch, wren, and chicken, each from a different location.
(4) On virtually every street corner, there's a gorgeous church designed by Christopher Wren to fill the gaps after the great fire of 1666, which destroyed the medieval city.
(5) Nurse, whose predecessors at the Royal Society include Sir Christopher Wren and Sir Isaac Newton, said the merger could be beneficial for British research and the economy if Pfizer was really in it for the science rather than a quick buck: "I could imagine it being quite a good deal if they are really serious about investing in the business – a business that is trying to make drugs to cure people."
(6) John Wren, the chief executive of Omnicom, was paid $15.4m last year, a 40% rise over 2010.
(7) Where Heal nodded politely to Wren, Nouvel winks at him cheekily as if saying: "Come on, grandpa; get down with the bling, and get shopping."
(8) "Since these strains acquired resistance to this frontline antibiotic, not only is it now virtually useless against this organism, but resistance seems to have been a major factor in the continued evolution and persistence of these strains in hospitals and clinical settings," said Brendan Wren, a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
(9) The Oxford economist Simon Wren-Lewis argued that point in a blogpost last week.
(10) Out At key stages 2 and 3 (ages seven-11), far fewer historical figures are specified in the latest draft, with Isaac Newton, Christopher Wren, Adam Smith, the anti-slavery campaigner Olaudah Equiano, William Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli, Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee and even Margaret Thatcher no longer featuring.
(11) Christopher Wren's forte was not 'Jesus born in a stable'.
(12) I am curious to know if Sally thinks it is possible to contact the spirit of a fictional character, or if she coincidentally contacted the spirit of a real person whose life and death matched the experiences of Toby Wren, or if there is an alternative explanation.
(13) Wren-Lewis comments: “In short, the performance of the coalition government has been a disaster.” “Disaster” is a strong word from such a rigorous academic as Wren-Lewis, but I fully agree with him and have tried to explain the reasons in my new book, Mr Osborne’s Economic Experiment, which compares austerity during the postwar years 1945-51 with 2010 to … well, to the end of the decade if the Tories are re-elected and adhere to their plans for a lot more austerity.
(14) Her embellished knitwear was by the US designer and wife of Mick Jagger, L'Wren Scott, which she wore with wide Gatsby-esque trousers that suited her tennis moment perfectly.
(15) Thomas, 45, a former Wren who also served as a police officer for five years, told the Guardian she had seen around 1,600 videos of interrogation sessions, a number of which showed prisoners being abused, humiliated and threatened.
(16) In December Guardian reporter Paul Lewis was stopped and searched while taking pictures of the Gherkin building in London and Grant Smith, an architecture photographer, was apprehended around the corner while photographing Sir Christopher Wren's Christ Church.
(17) Wrens breaking codes at Bletchley Park during the second world war.
(18) There he was a very close professional associate of Christopher Wren who originated the practice of iv injection.
(19) I walked through flocks of goldfinches and starlings and watched mistle thrushes warble and wrens gobble berries.
(20) So far, the only statement on the possible reunion from the band has come from their former drummer, Alan "Reni" Wren, who contacted the NME to deny involvement.