1984

American  

1. an antiutopian novel (1949) by George Orwell.

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Example Sentences

Ronald Reagan gave perhaps the most famous Normandy speech on the 40th anniversary of D-Day in 1984, now remembered as “The Boys of Pointe du Hoc.”

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

In the 1984 James Cameron film, The Terminator, all events are treated as fixed.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

In 1984, he began learning the complicated world of power trading when he got a job at the Bonneville Power Administration, a federal agency that supplies electricity to about a third of the Pacific Northwest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But four months after the controversy appeared to threaten his position leading the effort for L.A.’s first Olympic Games since 1984, Wasserman said he never saw it the same way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

He liked George Orwell’s work, and for years held on to his copies of Animal Farm and 1984; he also read and admired Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady