Baum

[ bawm, bahm boum ]

noun

1. L(y·man) Frank [lahy, -m, uh, n], 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
2. Vicki, 1888–1960, U.S. novelist, born in Austria.

Baum

/ bɔːm; bɑːm /

noun

1. BaumL(yman) Frank18561919MUSWRITING: novelist L ( yman ) Frank 1856–1919, US novelist, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and its sequels

Example Sentences

Baum says he lives just half a mile from the suspect’s family, which is well known in the city of 30,000.

From Time

Baum, whose children and grandchildren marched in the children’s parade earlier in the morning Monday, says he and other doctors and nurses at the parade rushed in to provide medical care to victims until paramedics arrived.

From Time

I asked Baum what it was about Neel’s work and the moment in history that led the Met to put on this show.

From Freakonomics

Baum and Neal Devins, a professor of law and government at the College of William & Mary, have argued that Supreme Court justices are more interested in how they’re regarded by elites.

From FiveThirtyEight

With the possible exception of Roberts, who is particularly focused on the court’s image, Baum doesn’t think the public’s views will be enough to sway a justice who cares deeply about the issue they’re deciding.

From FiveThirtyEight

A few years later, Baum posited that the math behind tumor growth looked more like chaos theory than anything else.

From The Daily Beast

“It is so expensive it makes me weep,” says Baum, the British oncologist.

From The Daily Beast

Baum's review was awesome: This is a disgraceful book, both in what O'Connor has to say and how she has chosen to say it.

From The Daily Beast

Self-described liberal "gun guy" Dan Baum has traveled across the nation interviewing gun owners.

From The Daily Beast

Baum inquired about whether Valle had ever actually met or even spoken on the phone with any of those he chatted with online.

From The Daily Beast

On their approach, Baum strangely mistaking them for loyalists coming to his aid, held still.

From Project Gutenberg

Accordingly, with a force of five hundred men and two light field-pieces, Baum set forth, in proud anticipation of success.

From Project Gutenberg

In the mean while, Baum took post on the banks of the Walloon creek, to await the arrival of his auxiliaries.

From Project Gutenberg

Before Baum made his appearance, the number of Americans had swelled to about two thousand.

From Project Gutenberg

Baum was cursing the scene-shifters, clamoring for more verdure.

From Project Gutenberg