Shriver

[shrahy-ver]

noun

1. (Robert) Sargent, Jr. 1915–2011, U.S. businessman and government official: first director of the U.S. Peace Corps, 1961–66.

Example Sentences

When Matt Shriver was buried in a 1990 avalanche, Jay Pistono dug him out.

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Shriver, then only 10 years old, had been skiing with his father and brother on Mount Glory, a 10,000-foot peak just north of Teton Pass in Western Wyoming, when the slope released beneath him, carrying him 1,200 feet.

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Both Shriver and his father were buried.

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After the snow settled, he could see Shriver’s father, who was able to speak and breathe despite being mostly buried.

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But the younger Shriver had disappeared completely beneath the snow.

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