Griswold

[ griz-wawld, -wuhld ]

noun

1. Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
2. a male given name.

Example Sentences

For that reason, Griswold argues, Peters cannot be permitted to have access to county voting equipment.

From Washington Post

Griswold’s husband was the first to take the plunge, giving his hospital notice this winter.

From Washington Post

For Griswold, being a doctor has been such a huge part of her identity — saving lives and training new residents to do so.

From Washington Post

There are extreme exteriors like the Griswold house in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and Deck the Halls, where the Halls and the Finches argue over how many exterior lights are too many.

From Washington Blade

Her answer to a series of questions about the case was essentially — Griswold isn’t up for debate because no one is challenging Griswold.

From FiveThirtyEight

Taking over the role of Audrey Griswold from Dana Barron and Dana Hill is a young Juliette Lewis in one of her first film roles.

From The Daily Beast

Griswold was undeniably an incursion on democratic powers with a definite whiff of activism.

From The Daily Beast

The Griswold family (headed by Chevy Chase) makes the trip to a theme park in this Harold Ramis classic.

From The Daily Beast

In the call and response form of landay, in spite of its reliance on repeated phrases, Griswold has a little more room to play.

From The Daily Beast

Are you curious, as I am, to know the literal meaning of the word or phrase Griswold translated as “boogeyman”?

From The Daily Beast

Griswold College—Episcopalian—occupies a very picturesque site, overlooking the river.

From Project Gutenberg

Halliday caught up a pair of scissors and pretended to sharpen them, looking at Griswold as if he meant to shed his gore.

From Project Gutenberg

"Oh, he fell off the roof one day and came down plump," chuckled Griswold, mischievously.

From Project Gutenberg

She seemed confused when she saw us, begged our pardon, and said she was looking for her cousin, Danny Griswold.

From Project Gutenberg

I have been a guy for the whole college ever since Danny Griswold told down at Morey's how he fooled me.

From Project Gutenberg