Dunne

[duhn]

noun

1. Finley Peter 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.

2. John Gregory, 1932–2003, U.S. writer.

Example Sentences

The late Paul Dunne was coaching at Sale West ABC in the 1990s when he walked into the Lively Lobster pub in Ashton upon Mersey one Friday night and proudly declared a future world champion had walked into his boxing club.

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Based on an autobiographical book by Jacob Dunne, the play—which is concurrently being presented in London’s West End—mostly depicts the aftermath of a night of drug- and alcohol-fueled partying in the British city of Nottingham that ends in a senseless tragedy.

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But it is so firmly grounded in truthful and complicated detail drawn from Mr. Dunne’s actual experience that it makes its powerful moral argument without any need for grandstanding or preaching.

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Jacob Dunne’s biographical story, adapted by James Graham, arrives on Broadway after Adam Penford’s production received rave reviews in the U.K.

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Norris comes into the weekend with a 34-point deficit in the championship to team-mate Oscar Piastri, whose car was driven in this first session by McLaren protege Alex Dunne.

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