Johns

[ jonz ]

/ dʒɒnz /

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noun

Jasper, born 1930, U.S. painter.

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Words nearby Johns

John o'Groat's House, John Paul I, John Paul II, John Paul II, Pope, John Q. Public, Johns, Johnson, Johnson, Andrew, Johnson City, Johnsonese, Johnson grass

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How to use Johns in a sentence

Johns has been known as a rebounding and energy guy, but he’ll have to score a bit to help the Wolverines survive and advance in Juwan Howard’s first NCAA tournament as a coach.
Who Will Burst Your March Madness Bracket?|Sean Culligan|March 18, 2021|Ozy
The kids told Keaney they thought Johns was “the most amazing person in history,” Keaney recalled.
A civil rights hero lacked a historical marker. Then a class of Virginia fourth-graders spoke up.|Hannah Natanson|February 24, 2021|Washington Post
Still, when Keaney began teaching her fourth-graders about Johns last academic year, few knew her name.
A civil rights hero lacked a historical marker. Then a class of Virginia fourth-graders spoke up.|Hannah Natanson|February 24, 2021|Washington Post
By the end-of-February deadline, her children had sent in 55 total drafts of a marker honoring Johns.
A civil rights hero lacked a historical marker. Then a class of Virginia fourth-graders spoke up.|Hannah Natanson|February 24, 2021|Washington Post

Northam ordered the removal of a massive, state-owned statue of Lee on Richmond’s Monument Avenue in June — and a brother of Johns’s spoke at the announcement.
Civil rights leader Barbara Johns may replace Robert E. Lee as a statue in the U.S. Capitol|Gregory S. Schneider|December 16, 2020|Washington Post
Daniels, 28, was allegedly the first to force “Jane Doe” to perform sexual acts on johns.
The Navy ‘Hero’ Who Pimped an HIV-Positive Teen|M.L. Nestel|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
While I was working on Green Lantern, I met [DC Comics Chief Creative] Geoff Johns.
The TV Superhero Guru Behind ‘The Flash’|Jason Lynch|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Andy Johns engineered the sessions and we recorded it at Olympic Studios.
When Gary Wright Met George Harrison: Dream Weaver, John and Yoko, and More|Gary Wright|September 29, 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
More than 6000 persons driven from their houses by a disastrous fire in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
One example, in St. Johns Lateran, exhibits the gate of paradise and the tree of life.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
I propose to delay action, my dear Johns, and of course my sailing for America, until I shall hear from you.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866|Various
The last of the Arscotts, however, Black Johns master, would seem more likely to be the subject of it.
Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall|Robert S. Hawker
It was a very hot day, and in the cool of the evening the two Johns beguiled Mrs. Brownlow and Babie into a walk.
Magnum Bonum|Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for Johns

Johns

/ (dʒɒns) /

noun

Andrew (Gary). born 1974, Australian Rugby League footballer: halfback for Australia (1995–2006)

Jasper. born 1930, US artist, noted for his collages and constructions

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