James IV

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noun

1473–1513, king of Scotland (1488–1513); he invaded England (1496) in support of Perkin Warbeck; he was killed at Flodden

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Words nearby James IV

James, Henry, James I, Jamesian, James II, James III, James IV, James, Jesse, James-Lange theory, Jameson, jamesonite, Jameson Raid

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How to use James IV in a sentence

But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
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True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.
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Granted, James is in an office in the Pentagon, and not on the front lines.
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A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
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This leads him to some James Frey-style mythmaking of his own.
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James I. sent forth his famous "Counterblast" and in the strongest manner condemned its use.
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James Pulteney, a wealthy English baron, died; whose income was $250,000 per annum.
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But Mr. Thompson (afterwards Sir James), the beau, was in the chair, and thought there had been talking enough.
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James Otis recovered from a temporary fit of insanity only to grow strangely suspicious of Samuel Adams.
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There, too, was James Duane, with never so great need of his "surveying eye" to enable him to size up the situation.
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