Forman

[ fawr-muhn, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔr mən, ˈfoʊr- /

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noun

Mi·los

[mee-lawsh], /ˈmi lɔʃ/, Jan Tomas Forman, 1932–2018, U.S. film director, born in the former Czechoslovakia.

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Words nearby Forman

formal logic, formally, formal mode, formal system, formalwear, Forman, form an opinion, formant, format, formate, formation

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How to use Forman in a sentence

“I feel like we’re constantly solving a Rubik’s Cube,” Forman said.
Inside a Rhode Island field hospital, preparing for the worst of the pandemic|Lenny Bernstein|December 26, 2020|Washington Post
With Christmas here, the field hospital staff expects another surge in a few weeks, from the travel that already has begun and the unmasked shoppers Forman has seen at a nearby mall.
Inside a Rhode Island field hospital, preparing for the worst of the pandemic|Lenny Bernstein|December 26, 2020|Washington Post
Forman’s informal analysis showed that people who got the letters were more likely to vote.
Letter-writing staved off lockdown loneliness. Now it’s getting out the vote.|Tanya Basu|September 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Brown himself spent years arresting sex workers when, as Forman relays, “what [he] really wanted to do [was] help them.”
To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show|Samantha Allen|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Milos [Forman] would sometimes take a year or a year and a half to edit films.
Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard on Woody Allen and the State of Indie Film|Richard Porton|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brown-Forman, according to its most recent quarterly filings with the SEC, has $361.5 million in cash on its balance sheet.
Fiscal Cliff Fears Drive Huge Spike in Dividend Payouts|Matthew Zeitlin|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Both Las Vegas Sands and Brown-Forman also announced increases in their regular scheduled dividends going forward.
Fiscal Cliff Fears Drive Huge Spike in Dividend Payouts|Matthew Zeitlin|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He also plays in a group called Cow Bop, billed as “The Best in Cowboy Jazz” by its founder, guitarist Bruce Forman.
YouTube's Rising Cartoon Star|James Gavin|September 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The Tepahues were 'habitadores de una pennsula que forman dos rios brazos del Mayo al Oriente de los de esta nacion.'
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1|Hubert Howe Bancroft
Her relations with Dr Forman, now safely dead, were made much of.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
As indicating the type of magic practised by Forman these objects are of interest.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
She begged Anne Turner and Forman to work their best magic for her aid.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
A copy of Endymion, annotated by the same hand, has been used by Mr Forman in his edition (above, no. 15).
Keats|Sidney Colvin

British Dictionary definitions for Forman

Forman

/ (ˈfɔːmən) /

noun

Miloš (ˈmiːləʊʃ). born 1932, Czech film director working in the USA. since 1968. His films include One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976), Amadeus (1985), and The People vs Larry Flynt (1996)

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