Cowell

[ kou-uhl ]

/ ˈkaʊ əl /

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noun

Henry (Dixon), 1897–1965, U.S. composer.

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How to use Cowell in a sentence

Idol’s popularity may not be what it once was, but there was a time when seemingly everybody blocked out that hour on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to watch Cowell and Abdul flirt relentlessly in between forgettable covers of Whitney Houston songs.
‘American Idol’ Is Back With… a Tribute to Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor?|Jordan Julian|February 28, 2022|The Daily Beast
Cowell even made a holiday album once, albeit for a holiday he thought deserved to be more widely celebrated.
Stanley Cowell navigated the vastness of jazz a few notes at a time|Chris Richards|December 18, 2020|Washington Post
And Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest would openly flirt with each other on American Idol?
In Praise of ‘Dating Naked’ and the Glorious Rise of Butts on Reality TV|Kevin Fallon|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Quite what Simon Cowell's sexuality has to do with a drugs charge against Tulisa is hard to say.
Court Told Simon Cowell Is Gay|Tom Sykes|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Simon Cowell and girlfriend Lauren Silverman recently celebrated the birth of their first child Eric.
Court Told Simon Cowell Is Gay|Tom Sykes|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yes, American television viewers had fallen in love with Simon Cowell, the dangerous British bad boy with, secretly, a big heart.
Piers Morgan’s Comeback Strategy|Shelley Ross|February 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When it premiered in the summer of 2002, no one had ever heard of Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, or Ryan Seacrest.
7 Ways ‘American Idol’ Revolutionized TV|Kevin Fallon|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Aunt Mary Cowell's letter turned up also, so I must get letters of thanks written to everyone in due course.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie
Prof. Cowell suggests that it was possibly adapted at the latter place to account for the effigy of the pedlar and his dog.
More English Fairy Tales|Various
I supposed that this might be a piece of ingenious Fancy: but Cowell, who has been over to see me, says it is probable.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes|Edward FitzGerald
Poor Mocket was only forty when he died, succumbing, like Cowell, to the rough reception accorded to his book.
Books Condemned to be Burnt|James Anson Farrer
Out there under the sky the men stood silent, Cowell's head sticking up above the sea of faces, and McGregor talked.
Marching Men|Sherwood Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for Cowell

Cowell

/ (ˈkaʃuəl) /

noun

Simon . born 1959, British manager of pop groups and TV personality, best known as an outspoken judge on the TV talent contests Pop Idol (2001–04), The X Factor (from 2004), and Britain's Got Talent (from 2007)

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