Hawke

[ hawk ]

noun

1. Robert (James Lee), 1929–2019, Australian political leader: prime minister 1983–91.

Hawke

/ hɔːk /

noun

1. HawkeEdward, 1st Baron17051781MBritishMILITARY: admiral Edward, 1st Baron. 1705–81, British admiral. He destroyed the French fleet in Quiberon Bay (1759), preventing a French invasion of England
2. HawkeRobert (James Lee)1929MAustralianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Robert ( James Lee ), known as Bob. Born 1929, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1983–91)

Example Sentences

Hawke has deep affection for these two performers, as stars and as people.

From Time

The federal court threw out Djokovic’s challenge of Hawke’s decision on Sunday evening.

From Time

The once shy, straight-laced Todd Anderson from Dead Poets Society has morphed into the unkempt abolitionist John Brown in The Good Lord Bird … and Hawke is not afraid to go John Brown on the state of his profession.

From Ozy

“You feel like you stare right into the howling, cold night,” Hawke said of “Godot” from North Carolina, where he was working on a film.

From Washington Post

Now, some 15 years after all that cosmic embarrassment, Hawke has published a novel called “A Bright Ray of Darkness.”

From Washington Post

Hawke, ever the charmer, kicks things off with a compliment: I really like you guys.

From The Daily Beast

“Somewhere early on in the scene where we go camping together, the young man that Ellar is now was born,” says Hawke.

From The Daily Beast

“People always talk like we shot a bit of it once a year, but it was all random,” adds Hawke.

From The Daily Beast

Hawke may be best known for movies, including Before Midnight which opened this summer to rave reviews.

From The Daily Beast

Even Bob Hawke, who as prime minister shed iconic tears on behalf of Soviet Jews, urged Gillard to change her vote.

From The Daily Beast

Admiral Hawke, on hearing of it, sent two ships to demand his immediate release.

From Project Gutenberg

She is bound by a sacred promise—a promise to the dead—to marry that old fossil, Griffith Hawke.

From Project Gutenberg

Even as a hawke flieth not hie with one wing, even so a man reacheth not to excellency with one tongue.

From Project Gutenberg

I was sitting there after supper, gloomily smoking my pipe, when I received a visit from Griffith Hawke.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of the men were for sallying out to pursue and capture the Indians, but Griffith Hawke prudently refused to permit this.

From Project Gutenberg