Connors

[ kon-erz ]

/ ˈkɒn ərz /

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noun

James Scott Jimmy, born 1952, U.S. tennis player.

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How to use Connors in a sentence

Treating vaccinated patients who have PF4 antibodies with heparin is like “adding fuel to the fire” and may cause them to develop more clots, Connors says.
People with rare blood clots after a COVID-19 jab share an uncommon immune response|Erin Garcia de Jesús|April 16, 2021|Science News
Only Ted Williams had ever done that before, my old man told me, and one day I want to meet Connors and tell him about it.
The Great Paul Hemphill Celebrates the Long Gone Birmingham Barons|Paul Hemphill|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a very rainy summer—the summer Arthur Ashe won Wimbledon against Jimmy Connors, which I watched in the pub.
Meet Alexandre Desplat, Hollywood’s Master Composer|Andrew Romano|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And for that, Jimmy Connors was the ultimate insider, playing the game of sports entertainment as well as anyone ever did.
Jimmy Connors Memoir Shows He Wasn’t Misunderstood, He Was Just a Jerk|James Zug|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

McEnroe went up to say hello to Connors, and Connors just walked past him.
Jimmy Connors Memoir Shows He Wasn’t Misunderstood, He Was Just a Jerk|James Zug|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
John McEnroe, his bête noire, wrote in his 2002 memoir, You Cannot Be Serious, about his first meeting with Connors.
Jimmy Connors Memoir Shows He Wasn’t Misunderstood, He Was Just a Jerk|James Zug|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I could just pick out the dogleg at Connors, and imagined I could see the traffic light at Chalmers.
Cue for Quiet|Thomas L. Sherred
"Oh, he wouldn't stop th' cows that way, Skinny; he was only afoolin'," exclaimed Connors meekly.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
"I ain't—they're under th' bunk," contradicted and explained Mr. Connors.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
Asked Mr. Connors, never having heard of that person, owing to the reticence of his friend.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
Mr. Travennes looked back at his friends and saw Mr. Connors sitting on a rock holding two guns.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford

British Dictionary definitions for Connors

Connors

/ (ˈkɒnəz) /

noun

Jimmy. born 1952, US tennis player: Wimbledon champion 1974 and 1982; US champion 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, and 1983

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