Hopkins

[ hop-kinz ]

/ ˈhɒp kɪnz /

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noun

Anthony, born 1937, English actor, born in Wales.

Sir Frederick Gow·land

[gou-luhnd], /ˈgaʊ lənd/, 1861–1947, English physician and biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929.

Gerard Man·ley

[man-lee], /ˈmæn li/, 1844–89, English poet.

Harry Lloyd, 1890–1946, U.S. government administrator and social worker.

Johns, 1795–1873, U.S. financier and philanthropist.

Mark, 1802–87, U.S. clergyman and educator.

a city in SE Minnesota.

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How to use Hopkins in a sentence

According to one often-repeated story, Hopkins set up a desk in a hallway while he waited for an office and spent $5,000,000 on relief in his first two hours on the job.
Franklin Roosevelt understood that people need direct relief in a crisis|Suzanne Kahn|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
His character’s flat is decorated with paintings and a piano — Hopkins himself is a painter and pianist — and even the character’s wardrobe reflects the actor’s sartorial preferences.
Anthony Hopkins is welcoming old age by embracing his inner child|Tim Greiving|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
Hopkins looked to public-school employees because there was a ready list of names, Stoddard said.
Montgomery County teacher vaccination effort left out private-school educators at start|Donna St. George|February 3, 2021|Washington Post
When she set out to check Baltimore nursing homes using a Hopkins test, she was astounded to find more than 38 percent of residents were positive, the majority of them asymptomatic.
The U.S. was supposed to be equipped to handle a pandemic. So what went wrong?|Editorial Board|December 26, 2020|Washington Post

Papenfuse, who is investigating how Hopkins made his fortune, told Seyler he thought he had found evidence that Hopkins had enslaved people in 1850, she said.
How one very old Census record spurred a reckoning at Johns Hopkins University|Susan Svrluga|December 25, 2020|Washington Post
In “Back Home,” Gil also revisits the nostalgia for the South explored in his Johns Hopkins thesis, “Circle of Stone.”
‘The Prince of Chocolate City’: When Gil Scott-Heron Became A Music Icon|Marcus Baram|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I think, with Hopkins, he finally found some happiness,” Mann said.
How to Get Away With a Hollywood Murder|Tim Teeman|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On 1902, a shoeless boy from the Great Smoky Mountains stood before the dean at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The Strange, True Tale of the Old-Timey Goat Testicle-Implanting 'Governor'|Penny Lane|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only one person got offered the part of Lecter before Anthony Hopkins.
Jonathan Demme on Gaza, Transphobia in ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ and Meryl Streep as a Rock Star|Marlow Stern|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At its upfront presentation in May, CEO Mike Hopkins said Hulu plans to triple its investment in original content.
Hulu’s Very Funny ‘Hotwives of Orlando’ Takes on Netflix|Kevin Fallon|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Hopkins appeared highly gratified with his own pleasantry, and continued—'No, the way was this.
The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens
Colonel Hopkins was a stern, battle-scarred old soldier, who wasted no words.
The Blue and The Gray|A. R. White
Hopkins made an abortive expedition to New Providence, in which Jones had but one opportunity to distinguish himself.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady
Miss Hopkins and I did not sleep in, but had our beds assigned us, and used our dormitory rights merely for a cloak room.
Making Both Ends Meet|Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
In these circumstances it was deemed advisable for Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins to go on to Lac-qui-parle for a year.
Mary and I|Stephen Return Riggs

British Dictionary definitions for Hopkins

Hopkins

/ (ˈhɒpkɪnz) /

noun

Sir Anthony. born 1937, Welsh actor: his films include Bounty (1984), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Shadowlands (1994), Nixon (1995), and Hannibal (2001)

Sir Frederick Gowland (ˈɡaʊlənd). 1861–1947, British biochemist, who pioneered research into what came to be called vitamins: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1929)

Gerard Manley. 1844–89, British poet and Jesuit priest, who experimented with sprung rhythm in his highly original poetry

Harry L (loyd). 1890–1946, US administrator. During World War II he was a personal aide to President Roosevelt and administered the lend-lease programme

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