Bowles

[bohlz]

noun

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

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

3. Samuel, 1826–78, U.S. journalist.

Bowles

/ bəʊlz /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Weiss founded the Free Press with her wife, Nellie Bowles, who writes the humorous “TGIF” column, and with whom Weiss has 1- and 3-year-old children.

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She founded the Free Press with her wife, Nellie Bowles, who pens the popular “TGIF” column, a humorous take on the week’s news, as well as sister Suzy Weiss, who is a columnist.

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The camera zooms outward with the Emcee from the mirror into a bustling cabaret scene featuring sexually subversive drag performers in classic Fosse garb of bustiers, bowler hats, fishnet stockings, curlicue canes and heels on heels on heels, not to mention Liza Minnelli in an Oscar-winning turn as “international woman”/flapper seductress Sally Bowles.

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During their perusal of Windsor Castle's attractions, the Queen and the first lady shared a smile and a chuckle as they inspected some of the tiny books, including The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and A Recipe Fit for a Queen by the Queen's son, Tom Parker Bowles.

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Todd Bowles’ defense should control the trenches and keep the Texans in check.

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