Curtis

[ kur-tis ]

noun

1. Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
2. Charles, 1860–1936, vice president of the U.S. 1929–33.
3. Cyrus Her·mann Kotzsch·mar [hur, -m, uh, n-, koch, -mahr], 1850–1933, U.S. publisher.
4. George Tick·nor [tik, -ner], 1812–94, U.S. attorney and writer.
5. George William, 1824–92, U.S. essayist, editor, and reformer.
6. a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “courteous.”

Example Sentences

Subtitled “An emotional history of the modern world,” the goal of the series, Curtis says, was to unpack how we came to live in a society designed around the individual, but where people increasingly feel anxious and uncertain.

From Time

A few months before she died, Curtis wrote an opinion piece in the Guardian.

From Freakonomics

Curtis likes one named Gowdy, which is smaller and easier to fit in a contained landscape.

From Washington Post

“I think once the family got to Birmingham, anybody who was reading was already captured by the family,” Curtis says.

From Washington Post

Curtis has already decided to permanently close one of six branches of his store and is worried he may have to close another.

From Time

Excited, Shaheen wasted no time and began interviewing surgeons, deciding upon Dr. Curtis Crane in Greenbrae, California.

From The Daily Beast

Two years later, Kansas helped oust Curtis—and Hoover—by voting for Franklin Roosevelt and re-electing McGill.

From The Daily Beast

I loved the love story in Trading Places between Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis.

From The Daily Beast

If nominated, Curtis faces some major obstacles to being elected in the Republican-leaning state.

From The Daily Beast

In an interview with The Daily Beast, Curtis said she was “honored and humbled” to even be considered.

From The Daily Beast

He opened up a rather modest gambling hall near Seventeenth and Curtis streets.

From Project Gutenberg

Half an hour later he stood in the waiting-room at the wealthy banking-house of Curtis & Earle.

From Project Gutenberg

Notice the last sentence of a delightful essay by George William Curtis; one could easily guess the contents and the title.

From Project Gutenberg

This was long before the days of Dunbar's pollantin, Holbrook Curtis' ambrosia, adrenalin, and the modern vaccines.

From Project Gutenberg

Earlier, Davy had asked Paul Curtis to find if his voice was reaching the remote fringes of the audience.

From Project Gutenberg