Huddleston

[ huhd-l-stuhn ]

/ ˈhʌd l stən /

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noun

(Ernest Urban) Trevor, 1913–1998, English Anglican archbishop and antiapartheid activist in Africa.

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Words nearby Huddleston

huckster, hucksterer, HUD, Huddersfield, huddle, Huddleston, Hudibrastic, hudna, Hudson, Hudson Bay, Hudson, Henry

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How to use Huddleston in a sentence

His men were startled when, 30 minutes later, Huddleston abruptly called out and opened his eyes.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed|Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
The blast snapped the metal plate in Huddleston’s body armor and split his helmet down the middle, like a cracked egg.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed|Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
Over the two decades that followed, destinies were upturned, reshaped and recast, for Pfeifer, Huddleston, Guzman, Shamsi, Fazazi and millions of others who had no inkling about what was to come.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed|Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
The brunt of the impact had been borne by the vehicle’s forward armor and the exposed gunner’s turret, where Huddleston, by his own choice, had been stationed.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed|Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet|September 2, 2021|Washington Post

Huddleston’s platoon would be hit 30 times by the mines that soldiers called IEDs, or improvised explosive devices.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed|Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
He played Brandt, the happy-go-lucky assistant/boy Friday to millionaire Jeffrey Lebowski (David Huddleston).
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Best Performances: ‘Boogie Nights,’ ‘Capote,’ and More|Marlow Stern|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Again, one day not two years ago, I lifted a newspaper, and my eyes fell on the words “Henry Huddleston.”
All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
But the reason must have been evident to any one who considered the character and movements of William Henry Huddleston.
All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
In 1874 he again came forward, in conjunction with Mr. Huddleston, was unsuccessful, and thereafter took no share in polities.
Norfolk Annals|Charles Mackie
Suddenly a gentleman came riding rapidly to our door, and asked for Mr. Huddleston.
All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
A gray-haired woman served tea, and said she was ready to stay with us, if so be Mr. and Mrs. Huddleston were agreeable.
All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

British Dictionary definitions for Huddleston

Huddleston

/ (ˈhʌdəlstən) /

noun

Trevor. 1913–98, British Anglican prelate; suffragan bishop of Stepney (1968–78) and bishop of Mauritius (1978–83); president of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (1981–94)

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