Nevil
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Nevil Muncaster, strategic water resources director at Thames Water, said he did not "anticipate the situation will improve any time soon".
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
What "The Day After" and "Threads" achieved through cinema, Nevil Shute's 1957 novel "On The Beach" accomplished with the written word.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2022
As Always, Jimmy Stewart Steve Nevil portrays the Hollywood legend in this solo drama; part of “Portraits of Humanity 2, a Solo Series.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2018
“We had two big men who could shoot jump shots and run the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds, but we never shot ’em or didn’t run the floor much,” added forward Nevil Shed.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2016
“Do you know who compiled that table? Nevil Maskelyne! The royal astronomer of England! You’d be as apt to find a mistake in—well—in Newton’s Principia!”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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