Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Greengrass

British  
/ ˈɡriːnˌɡrɑːs /

noun

  1. Paul. born 1955, English film director and writer; his films include Bloody Sunday (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), United 93 (2006), and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Our critic said “At his best, Mr. Greengrass deploys his frequently used facility for establishing a documentary feel . . . to re-create the overwhelming desperation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 28, 2025

Greengrass then came on board, and says he's especially "drawn to people in the real world, placed in extraordinary situations".

From BBC Sep. 24, 2025

Rather, when Greengrass, coming from documentaries, tackles dark days of mass casualty, they tend to be true stories like “United 93” and “Bloody Sunday.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2025

As five women including myself bopped around the Upper West Side on that brisk December afternoon, we stopped by the restaurant Barney's Greengrass.

From Salon Dec. 25, 2023

One night we camped with a party of Shawnees, whose chief was called Greengrass, and who behaved in the most friendly manner to us.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training