Dryden

[ drahyd-n ]

noun

1. John, 1631–1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic.

Dryden

/ ˈdraɪdən /

noun

1. DrydenJohn16311700MEnglishWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: critic John. 1631–1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic of the Augustan period, commonly regarded as the chief exponent of heroic tragedy. His major works include the tragedy All for Love (1677), the verse satire Absalom and Achitophel (1681), and the Essay of Dramatick Poesie (1668)

Other Words From

• Dry·de·ni·an [drahy-, dee, -nee-, uh, n, -, deen, -y, uh, n], Dry·den·ic [drahy-, den, -ik], adjective

Example Sentences

Last summer, Dryden worked with community members to set up five handheld air quality monitors in the area after securing a grant from a local health care system.

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“I’ve been at this work for over 30 years, but there were rarely federal funding opportunities, and now here we are, and it is even difficult for me,” said Dryden.

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Katie graduated from Dryden and went on to the State University of New York at Oswego.

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She was released last summer and is taking classes at Tompkins-Cortland Community College in Dryden.

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Coach Starr is admired; his wife, Judy, is clever and good-looking, and his three daughters are the goddesses of Dryden High.

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“I know Mr. and Mrs. Bolduc because I lived in Dryden,” says Foley.

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The Starr sisters are visiting my room at the Best Western Hotel outside Dryden.

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The whole story is also told by Dryden, whose version is easily accessible.

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Of all these I am able to adduce parallel instances both from Dryden and Pope.

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It is, in fact, the same sort of rhyme as break and weak, which is of such frequent occurrence both in Dryden and Pope.

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As regards the rhyme charge ye and clergy, no instance, in the same words, occurs in Dryden or Pope.

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It is true, that the military art had been changed in this particular long before the days of Dryden.

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