Clooney

British  

/ ˈkluːnɪ /

noun

1. George. born 1961, US film actor; he starred in the television series ER (1994–99) and the films The Perfect Storm (2000), and Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, also directed), Syriana (2005, also directed), and The American (2010)

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Example Sentences

“It’s a funny thing about winning an Academy Award, this will always be sort of synonymous with your name from here on in. It will be: Oscar winner George Clooney, Sexiest Man Alive 1997, Batman, died today in a freak accident....”

From Los Angeles Times

Thanks to the 2006 nominations, Clooney became the first person to be nominated for acting in and directing separate films in the same year.

From Los Angeles Times

As with Clooney, “The Constant Gardener’s” Rachel Weisz won her Academy Award for appearing in a spy thriller, with both stories based on real events.

From Los Angeles Times

It achieves a towering feat of setting an advertising mood and it’s much better than another Lanthimos ad from this year’s Super Bowl, a commercial for GrubHub featuring George Clooney and a dinner table full of people trying not to “eat the fees.”

From Los Angeles Times

A handsome George Clooney tells a table of malcontents that Grubhub delivery orders are no longer going to be encumbered with miscellaneous fees, which is huge news for the growing number of Americans who, seemingly, do not know how to cook.

From Slate