Blake
Hector "Toe", 1912–1995, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
James Hubert "Eubie", 1883–1983, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
Robert, 1599–1657, British admiral.
William, 1757–1827, English poet, engraver, and painter.
a male or female given name.
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How to use Blake in a sentence
We can give Blake just a few minutes between the two, then have things go wrong.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBlake escapes from the Scrubs, hides out near the prison, and then makes his way across Europe to Moscow.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf Blake is to make his escape at dusk, what time does the sun set?
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLehman's script began after the jailbreak, focusing on the hero of the picture, an American who pursues Blake.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe city was sued and paid $5 million for the actions of officer Anthony Blake.
Chicago’s Cops Don’t Even Get Investigated for Shooting People in the Back | Justin Glawe | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
And the secret of this was that Susy Blake possessed much of an unconscious influence called loving-kindness.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneThereafter he went into a contemplative frame of mind to the docks, and found Sam Blake as usual in his bunk.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneAccordingly the Marshal was able to surprise and defeat Blake, and then to turn and inflict a similar defeat on Cuesta.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonBlake and Cuesta were each defeated by an overwhelming combination of the different French armies.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonFor the rest Blake was as far from suspecting Mr. Wilding's peculiar frame of mind as had Richard been last night.
Mistress Wilding | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for Blake
/ (bleɪk) /
Sir Peter . born 1932, British painter, a leading exponent of pop art in the 1960s: co-founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1969)
Sir Quentin (Saxby). born 1932, British artist, illustrator, and children's writer; noted esp for his illustrations to books by Roald Dahl
Robert . 1599–1657, English admiral, who commanded Cromwell's fleet against the Royalists, the Dutch, and the Spanish
William . 1757–1827, English poet, painter, engraver, and mystic. His literary works include Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794), The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793), and Jerusalem (1820). His chief works in the visual arts include engravings of a visionary nature, such as the illustrations for The Book of Job (1826), for Dante's poems, and for his own Prophetic Books (1783–1804)
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