Hawke

[ hawk ]

/ hɔk /

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noun

Robert (James Lee), 1929–2019, Australian political leader: prime minister 1983–91.

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Words nearby Hawke

haw-haw, Hawick, hawk, hawkbill, hawkbit, Hawke, Hawke Bay, hawker, Hawkes, Hawkeye, hawk-eyed

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How to use Hawke in a sentence

The once shy, straight-laced Todd Anderson from Dead Poets Society has morphed into the unkempt abolitionist John Brown in The Good Lord Bird … and Hawke is not afraid to go John Brown on the state of his profession.
Take Your Ears to the Movies|Nick Fouriezos|April 23, 2021|Ozy
“You feel like you stare right into the howling, cold night,” Hawke said of “Godot” from North Carolina, where he was working on a film.
Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo take on ‘Godot,’ hoping it’s a powerhouse online|Peter Marks|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
Now, some 15 years after all that cosmic embarrassment, Hawke has published a novel called “A Bright Ray of Darkness.”
Ethan Hawke turns his acting experience — and past infidelities — into brilliant fiction|Ron Charles|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
Hawke, ever the charmer, kicks things off with a compliment: I really like you guys.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Somewhere early on in the scene where we go camping together, the young man that Ellar is now was born,” says Hawke.
The Making of ‘Boyhood’: Richard Linklater’s 12-Year Journey to Create An American Masterpiece|Marlow Stern|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“People always talk like we shot a bit of it once a year, but it was all random,” adds Hawke.
The Making of ‘Boyhood’: Richard Linklater’s 12-Year Journey to Create An American Masterpiece|Marlow Stern|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hawke may be best known for movies, including Before Midnight which opened this summer to rave reviews.
Ethan Hawke On His Murderous, Seductive Turn as Macbeth|Janice Kaplan|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Even Bob Hawke, who as prime minister shed iconic tears on behalf of Soviet Jews, urged Gillard to change her vote.
Fair Go: Australia and the U.N. Vote|Mark Baker|November 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Admiral Hawke, on hearing of it, sent two ships to demand his immediate release.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves|W.H.G. Kingston
She is bound by a sacred promise—a promise to the dead—to marry that old fossil, Griffith Hawke.
The Cryptogram|William Murray Graydon
Even as a hawke flieth not hie with one wing, even so a man reacheth not to excellency with one tongue.
The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century|Charles Bastide
I was sitting there after supper, gloomily smoking my pipe, when I received a visit from Griffith Hawke.
The Cryptogram|William Murray Graydon
Some of the men were for sallying out to pursue and capture the Indians, but Griffith Hawke prudently refused to permit this.
The Cryptogram|William Murray Graydon

British Dictionary definitions for Hawke

Hawke

/ (hɔːk) /

noun

Edward, 1st Baron. 1705–81, British admiral. He destroyed the French fleet in Quiberon Bay (1759), preventing a French invasion of England

Robert (James Lee), known as Bob. Born 1929, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1983–91)

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