Floyd
Americannoun
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Carlisle (Sessions, Jr.), 1926–2021, U.S. composer, especially of operas.
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a male given name, form of Lloyd.
Example Sentences
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The same could be said for Harbour’s Floyd Smernitch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The sport has already lived through the cautionary tale of Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao, which shattered records when it finally happened but fell flat.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
But as one character tells Floyd in DTF St. Louis, in a line that gets repeated several times: “No one’s normal. It just looks that way from across the street.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
In 2020 Jonas received backlash for an Instagram post he made in solidarity with Black Americans following the murder of George Floyd, amid growing Black Lives Matter protests.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
As a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1953, Phelps had met Floyd McKissick, then a third-year law student.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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