Cullen

[ kuhl-uhn ]

/ ˈkʌl ən /

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noun

Coun·tee

[koun-tey, -tee], /kaʊnˈteɪ, -ˈti/, 1903–46, U.S. poet.

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How to use Cullen in a sentence

Cullen says they may be ready to begin testing their device next year.
Wearable sensors may one day sniff out chemical weapons for soldiers|Rob Verger|June 22, 2021|Popular-Science
The types of agents it will focus on detecting are substances like mustard gas, and “your range of just nasty chemicals that some nefarious person might want to use,” Cullen says.
Wearable sensors may one day sniff out chemical weapons for soldiers|Rob Verger|June 22, 2021|Popular-Science
Closing the loophole has been discussed since at least 2011, although congressional talks are still ongoing, Cullen said.
Movie piracy is on the rise as studios bypass theatrical releases|radmarya|October 6, 2020|Fortune
The eyes of people like Thomas Patrick Cullen III, firefighter, Squad 41, husband, father, 31 years old.
Dick Cheney vs. ‘Unbroken’|Mike Barnicle|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Just like Dracula, Bill Compton, and Edward Cullen, adult ticks live vampirically on mammalian blood.
Cases of New Tick-Borne Illness, Heartland Virus, Grow|Kent Sepkowitz|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the words of William Cullen Bryant, the Stars and Stripes might have become “the flag of slavery.”
The South Has Indeed Risen Again and It’s Called the Tea Party|Jack Schwartz|December 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“To the extent he was able to refresh any New Hampshire contacts, he would have done that then,” says Cullen.
Sen. Bob Smith: The Thing That Wouldn’t Leave|Michelle Cottle|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His teenage version, aka Edward Cullen, caused the Twilight saga to become a billion-dollar franchise.
Mark Darcy Is Dead! British Bridget Jones Fans: It Had to Happen|Tom Sykes|October 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
"I don't go after for to say that," Cullen said ponderously.
Colonial Born|G. Firth Scott
"That's as clear as I can put it," Cullen interrupted quickly.
Colonial Born|G. Firth Scott
"That's it," Cullen said, as he jerked his head in the direction of the two riders.
Colonial Born|G. Firth Scott
Cullen will be easily identified, as the middle name of Bryant.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Cullen was the father of modern Solidism,—a system based upon the solid parts of the body, the nerves being the chief agents.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park

British Dictionary definitions for Cullen

Cullen

/ (ˈkʌlən) /

noun

William Douglas, Baron. born 1935, Scottish judge who conducted public inquiries into the Piper Alpha disaster (1990), the Dunblane school shootings (1996), and the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster (1999); led the tribunal which turned down the appeal (2002) of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi against his conviction for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing

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