Lou
noun
a male given name, form of Louis.
lou
British
/ luː /
verb
Example Sentences
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Eventually, with the support of producer Lou Adler, the show made it to the screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Bessent has opened up a couple of cans of worms, said Lou Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson ICAP, which makes it harder for the Fed and the Treasury Department to communicate to the markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Without pressing the matter, the script by Mr. Johnson, Todd Bartels, Lou Howe and Matthew Miller illustrates how vital it is for a young scamp to get corrected by tough, pitiless direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Former England attack coach Lou Meadows left the set-up after helping England win the Rugby World Cup at a sold-out Allianz Stadium last September.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Then he wondered if Mary Lou had accidentally answered his question anyway.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Sophisticated savers are turning instead to Treasury bills that pay nearly 7%; commercial paper, a form of corporate lou, that yields 7.5%; and commercial-bank certificates of deposit, that pay almost 8%.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a no less expressive fashion, the Provencal peasant calls it lou portofais, lou porto-caneu.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
These tower-like buildings are called lou by the Chinese.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
The pea, the broad bean, the vetch, and the chick-pea all have their vermin; but the haricot, lou gounflo-gus, never.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
Mousco, cabrian, guespo e tavan embana, Espeloufi de touto meno, Costo-en-long qu'à toun pous lou soulcias ameno, N'an pas soun testardige à te faire enana.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
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