Sumner

[ suhm-ner ]

noun

1. Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
2. James Batch·el·ler [bach, -, uh, -ler], 1887–1955, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.
3. William Graham, 1840–1910, U.S. sociologist and economist.
4. a male given name.

Example Sentences

And, just as expected, it hit all the high points that Sumner describes.

From Washington Post

Nine years later, however, with far less fanfare, a new bill for marble busts of both Taney and his recently deceased successor Salmon Chase, slipped through the Senate while Sumner lay ill in the final months of his life.

From Washington Post

Her world turns upside down when her roommate and BFF, Sophie (Mickey Sumner), meets a fella and decides to move out.

From The Daily Beast

Despite beating Sumner unconscious, Brooks became something of a regional hero.

From The Daily Beast

David Sumner, an American, is an astrophysicist with a grant to do research.

From The Daily Beast

"She would travel with Sumner a lot," says a former insider who knew Zatorski prior to Viacom's split with CBS.

From The Daily Beast

Viacom employees be warned: Sumner Redstone is on a witch hunt.

From The Daily Beast

Sumner and Hooker were to use those opposite the town, and Franklin those at Bernard's.

From Project Gutenberg

If you feel tempted to do things that you know are crooked, think of Billy Sumner, and act accordingly.

From Project Gutenberg

The battery in the foreground is north of the house of Mr. Roulet, near the centre of Sumner's line.

From Project Gutenberg

He began as a thorough, out-and-out abolitionist; during the war he was a stanch Republican, and a firm admirer of Charles Sumner.

From Project Gutenberg

Sumner pointed out that fashion though differing from, is intimately related to, the mores.

From Project Gutenberg