Macaulay

[ muh-kaw-lee ]

/ məˈkɔ li /

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noun

Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.

Thomas Bab·ing·ton

[bab-ing-tuhn], /ˈbæb ɪŋ tən/, 1st Baron, 1800–59, English historian, author, and statesman.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Macaulay

Ma·cau·lay·an, adjectiveMa·cau·lay·ism, noun

Words nearby Macaulay

MacArthur, Douglas, Macartney rose, Macassar, Macassar oil, Macáu, Macaulay, macaw, Macbeth, MacBride, Macc., Maccabaeus

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How to use Macaulay in a sentence

“Driven by an overwhelming sense of responsibility to the past along with a burning desire to contribute significantly to the future, Carson soon lost control of the present,” Macaulay writes, which is now my favorite sentence in the book.
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If that’s not enough for future generations, Macaulay also threw in some romance.
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Macaulay Culkin The Home Alone star actually made his family disappear.
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She was standing beside Adam Darr, a 23-year-old Macaulay Culkin clone.
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Home Alone made Macaulay Culkin a household name and spawned four sequels.
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Sean Macaulay on the most exquisite of all male accessories.
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Sean Macaulay teases out the familiar tropes of the girl-power genre.
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Mr. Macaulay taunted Mr. O'Connell with not having ventured to bring the question of repeal before the house.
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Macaulay, writing of the “muster-rolls of names” which Milton uses, goes into details.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
Macaulay says, “Logicians may reason about abstractions, but the great mass of men must have images.”
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
It is common with Macaulay, Lowell, and many essayists that write in an easy, almost conversational style.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
When Macaulay begins to discuss “the public conduct of Milton,” what method of introduction does he adopt?
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

British Dictionary definitions for Macaulay

Macaulay

/ (məˈkɔːlɪ) /

noun

Dame Rose. 1881–1958, British novelist. Her books include Dangerous Ages (1921) and The Towers of Trebizond (1956)

Thomas Babington, 1st Baron. 1800–59, English historian, essayist, and statesman. His History of England from the Accession of James the Second (1848–61) is regarded as a classic of the Whig interpretation of history

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