Dunne

[ duhn ]

noun

1. Fin·ley Peter [fin, -lee], 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
2. John Gregory, 1932–2003, U.S. writer.

Example Sentences

She finished it in 88 days during the year after Dunne’s death.

From Time

It was the first time in 40 years that Didion did not receive feedback from Dunne on a writing project.

From Time

Read more reviews by Stephanie ZacharekEven so, Dunne—who has performed in several of Lloyd’s stage productions—gives plenty of dimension to Sandra’s particular brand of anxiety, optimism and determination.

From Time

This is not 1937, but we are again living in troubled times—and if extraordinary measures are needed to make Dunne’s quip be taken seriously, those measures will be well in keeping with the court’s history.

From Time

Walking through the center of town near Dunne Park offers keen observers a hidden funfair of skewed geometry.

From The Daily Beast

There's a scene in which a nude Amy Elliott-Dunne, played with committed gusto by Rosamund Pike, is washing off in the shower.

From The Daily Beast

Griffin Dunne directed that episode and he wanted me to feel like a caged animal.

From The Daily Beast

"Nothing here but Oxy and coal," says one of the subjects of Sean Dunne's mournful documentary Oxyana.

From The Daily Beast

Dunne and the crew were threatened on the Internet and by email before even arriving in Oceana to film.

From The Daily Beast

Dunne went away still unsatisfied, promising that he would come back and try it again.

From Project Gutenberg

Dunne went to prison,” he mused, “and the farm was mortgaged to defray the expenses of the trial.

From Project Gutenberg

David Dunne,” demanded Little Teacher, “did you bring that mouse to school?

From Project Gutenberg

“Dunne has grown a little gaunt-eyed since he first came here,” said one of his chosen friends to a classmate one evening.

From Project Gutenberg

To be sure the jury were all his friends; they had known him when he was little “barefoot Dave Dunne.”

From Project Gutenberg