Theodore

American  

[thee-uh-dawr, -dohr] / ˌθi əˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr /

noun

1. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”

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Example Sentences

That’s impressive, but I’m more eager to see his pingpong skills in Josh Safdie’s biopic loosely based on 1958 men’s singles table tennis champion Marty “The Needle” Reisman, who flipped the script on Theodore Roosevelt by speaking loudly with a very small paddle.

From Los Angeles Times

Laura Robertson and Theodore Godfrey-Cass said since being told Northumbria Police had dropped the case, the building had been graffitied again and they had been harassed by those they believe are responsible.

From BBC

The Palisades fire incinerated Rogers’ century-old wooden ranch house — a place filled with Navajo rugs; custom, Western-style Monterey couches and chairs; and a vast book collection that included signed first editions by Helen Keller, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Houdini.

From Los Angeles Times

In a 1919 review of a pair of books by Theodore Dreiser, Virginia Woolf issued some exquisitely backhanded praise for the Indiana-born author, whose writing, she thought, stood out for its roughness and vitality.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Jackson leans toward believing that Theodore Roosevelt, then the assistant secretary of the Navy, suppressed evidence that the explosion was caused by an accident and not, as a naval board found at the time, a mine.

From The Wall Street Journal