McDowell

[muhk-dou-uhl]

noun

1. Ephraim, 1771–1830, U.S. surgeon.

2. Irvin, 1818–85, Union general in the American Civil War.

Example Sentences

Nothing in these stories, translated by Megan McDowell, is quite impossible, yet the shadow of numinous malignancy hangs over everything.

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If you are using ice on its own—without compression—to reduce pain and some swelling, keep it brief, McDowell says.

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She structures her book as a travelogue, skipping from continent to continent; each chapter’s a banger, rendered in a luminous translation by Megan McDowell.

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By Mariana Enriquez; translated by Megan McDowell Hogarth: 336 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

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Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland, who had won that year’s U.S.

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