Lovell

[ lov-uhl ]

noun

1. Sir Alfred Charles Bernard, 1913–2012, British astronomer.
2. a male given name.

Lovell

/ ˈlʌvəl /

noun

1. LovellSir Bernard19132012MEnglishSCIENCE: radio astronomer Sir Bernard. 1913–2012 English radio astronomer; founder (1951) and director of Jodrell Bank

Example Sentences

Lovell, the police chief, who took office in the hot early days of the demonstrations in June 2020, said more than 120 sworn officers have left the department in the past nine months.

From Washington Post

Some of Lovell’s descriptive epithets even recall the comic sententiousness of Ernest Bramah’s tall tales about the resourceful Kai Lung.

From Washington Post

In Ohio’s Cuyahoga County, Lovell’s team had no idea how many missing samples they might discover when they began looking at arrests and convictions from 2008 to 2016.

From ProPublica

Enforcing the DNA collection laws here, and entering those samples in the federal database, could solve crimes elsewhere, Lovell said.

From ProPublica

Just three years after that tragic evening, Lovell himself was very much in distress, when the Apollo 13 spacecraft he was commanding suffered a crippling explosion en route to the moon, nearly claiming the lives of another Apollo crew.

From Time

Lovell does an excellent job deconstructing this self-serving myth.

From The Daily Beast

Lovell said the military lacked any direction from Washington that evening.

From The Daily Beast

Lovell also said the State Department never asked the military for backup that evening.

From The Daily Beast

Writeaprisoner's Lovell says the ads are generally quite successful.

From The Daily Beast

"I consider myself both an activist and a businessman," says Lovell.

From The Daily Beast

Richard Lovell Edgeworth, an English philanthropist and practical philosopher, died.

From Project Gutenberg

Jemmy one evening went into the study where Mr. Lovell kept his fishing tackle, for he was fond of angling.

From Project Gutenberg

Sixteen men composed the platoon and Lieutenant Lovell of our regiment was in command.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Lovell's complexion was worth saving from the ravages of an Indian climate, and the persecution of claimants to her hand.

From Project Gutenberg

"That he may have been imprudent—" Mrs. Lovell thus blushingly hinted at the lesser sin of his deceiving and ruining the girl.

From Project Gutenberg