Clayton

[kleyt-n]

noun

1. John Middleton, 1796–1856, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1829–36, 1845–49, 1853–56; secretary of state 1849–50.

2. a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.

3. a male given name.

Example Sentences

Clayton Kershaw, Emmet Sheehan, Tony Gonsolin and Dustin May offered plenty of depth to withstand a 162-game marathon.

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Ms Do Nascimento's stepfather Clayton Felizari said it was "impossible to put into words the pain and emptiness" caused by her death.

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They had future Hall-of-Famer Clayton Kershaw to fill in.

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Emmet Sheehan and Clayton Kershaw, who had been out at the start of the year recovering from surgeries, flourished to give the rotation added depth.

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Colorful characters abound: the master builder Robert Moses, the imperious Francis Cardinal Spellman, the labor leader “Red Mike” Quill, the civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin, the budding black politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the columnist Walter Winchell, the New York Post owner Dorothy Schiff, the seedy leader of American Nazis Fritz Kuhn, Frank Sinatra and many, many others.

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