Connery

[ kon-uh-ree ]

/ ˈkɒn ə ri /

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noun

Sean, 1930–2020, Scottish actor.

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Words nearby Connery

Connell, Connellsville, Connelly, Connemara, Connersville, Connery, connex, connexion, Connie, conning tower, conniption

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How to use Connery in a sentence

Hitchcock is silent for a moment as Batliner checks on Connery's availability.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I point out that Connery speaks with a brogue and that our character is an American from New York.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, Mr. Connery did not vote in the referendum—according to his brother, Neil.
Celebs Pick Sides on Scotland Referendum: Sean Connery, Andy Murray, Prince Harry, and More|Marlow Stern|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But it was Sean Connery who was the first choice to voice the Disney patriarch with the tragic fate.
‘The Lion King’ Turns 20: Every Crazy, Weird Fact About the Disney Classic|Kevin Fallon|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Shoot Sean Connery in the stomach and see how things turn out.
Spain’s New ‘Holy Grail’: Jesus Couldn’t Afford That Kind of Bling|Candida Moss|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And we one hour and two hours and three hours in Connery's sitting civil waiting for pints apiece.
Ulysses|James Joyce
Mrs. Connery died of destitution, and three of his daughters, young and beautiful girls, were transported as slaves to Barbadoes.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800|Mary Frances Cusack
With the aid of his friend Connery he had concocted a scheme for keeping Kedzie and Dyckman under espionage.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
He suffered jealous wrath, and would have assaulted Dyckman in public if Connery had not quelled him.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
Connery had little difficulty in winning her to the acceptance of an invitation to visit a movie-show on her first evening off.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for Connery

Connery

/ (ˈkɒnərɪ) /

noun

Sir Sean, real name Thomas Connery. born 1929, Scottish film actor, who played James Bond in such films as Goldfinger (1964). His later films include The Name of the Rose (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Finding Forrester (2000)

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