MacLeish

[mak-leesh, muh-kleesh]

noun

1. Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.

Macleish

/ məˈkliːʃ /

noun

1. Archibald. 1892–1982, US poet and public official; his works include Collected Poems (1952) and J.B. (1958)

Example Sentences

Archibald MacLeish won the poetry award that year, one of his three Pulitzers, while two North Carolina weekly newspapers brought home the public service journalism prize for their campaign against the Ku Klux Klan, which resulted in the arrests of more than 100 Klansmen.

From Los Angeles Times

Insightful settings of poems by Emily Dickinson and Archibald MacLeish gave her a footing in the world of the art song.

From New York Times

I was fortunate enough to tour the house and see the many artifacts and ephemera, including a handwritten poem by Archibald MacLeish from 1926, and ceramic tiles depicting bullfighting scenes brought to Idaho from Spain, preserved from Hemingway’s time out west.

From New York Times

At a depth of 350 feet, Mr. MacLeish wrote, Mr. Keller switched to a different mixture of gases he had designed for deeper water.

From New York Times

“There is barely enough ‘air’ to breathe, and it is bitter cold,” Mr. MacLeish wrote, “even colder than the ice water in which we now hover. My teeth itch. I try to say OK but cannot manage it. Still, it appears that I can live on what we are getting.”

From New York Times