Bowles

[ bohlz ]

/ boʊlz /

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noun

Chester, 1901–86, U.S. statesman and author: special adviser on Afro-Asian and Latin American affairs; ambassador to India 1951–53, 1963–69.

Paul (Frederic), 1910?–1999, U.S. novelist and composer.

Samuel, 1826–78, U.S. journalist.

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Words nearby Bowles

bowknot, bowl, bowleg, bow legs, bowler, Bowles, bowlful, bowl game, bowline, bowling, bowling alley

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How to use Bowles in a sentence

Bowles will replace Sheila Alexander Reid, another longtime LGBTQ community advocate who served as director of the Mayor’s LGBTQ Affairs Office under Bowser from 2015 until July of this year.
Japer Bowles named director of D.C. Mayor’s LGBTQ Affairs Office|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|October 11, 2021|Washington Blade
It meant momentary slackness was impossible for his lowest teammate, according to Bowles.
Tom Brady still has the itch, and it’s taken him places no football player has been|Sally Jenkins|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
Instead, Bowles adjusted to both his strengths and the Chiefs’ weaknesses.
What went wrong for the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes in a brutal Super Bowl defeat|Adam Kilgore|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
The man-to-man defense gives Bowles a chance to blitz, but that can be dangerous against Rodgers, too.
Four big questions for the NFL’s conference championship games|John Clayton|January 19, 2021|Washington Post

Among the groups contacted, according to Bowles, were Casa Ruby, Whitman-Walker Health, and SMYAL.
Bowser calls LGBTQ groups’ opposition to funding cuts ‘unsustainable’|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|December 22, 2020|Washington Blade
This is a job for independent committees, like Bowles-Simpson, not a partisan slugfest.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sure, there was top royalty (Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles) and a former Prime Minister (John Major).
Churchill’s Secret Treasures for Sale: A British PM’s Life on the Auction Block|Tom Teodorczuk|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Camilla Parker Bowles' younger brother Mark Shand has died in New York after a freak accident.
Camilla’s Brother Dies in Freak New York Accident|Tom Sykes|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We saw this same gap when the Bowles-Simpson commission unveiled their bipartisan proposals to deal with the deficit and the debt.
RIP: Obama’s Grand Bargain With the GOP on Entitlements|John Avlon|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Gregg, Crapo was a member of the Simpson-Bowles commission and supported its reform proposal.
The Senate’s New Taxman Won’t Be Controlled By His Own Party|Linda Killian|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"I beg your Majesty's pardon," began Mr. Bowles, doubtfully.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill|Gilbert K. Chesterton
In politics Mr. Bowles is a democrat and has been called upon to fill public office.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
(Macmillan & Bowles), has just come from the press, it is fashionable to say that he follows after Calverley, at some distance.
Adventures in Criticism|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Mr Bowles—mirabile dictu—backs his old schoolmaster against the goddess.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845|Various
Mr Bowles, himself a true poet, thinks the Fourth Book the best.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Bowles

Bowles

/ (bəʊlz) /

noun

Paul . 1910–99, US novelist, short-story writer, and composer, living in Tangiers. His novels include The Sheltering Sky (1949) and The Spider's House (1955)

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