Manning

[man-ing]

noun

1. Henry Edward, 1808–92, English prelate and ecclesiastical writer: cardinal 1875–92.

Manning

/ ˈmænɪŋ /

noun

1. Henry Edward. 1808–92, British churchman. Originally an Anglican, he was converted to Roman Catholicism (1851) and made archbishop of Westminster (1865) and cardinal (1875)

2. Olivia. 1908–80, British novelist and short-story writer, best known for her novel sequence Fortunes of War , comprising the Balkan Trilogy (1960–65) and the Levant Trilogy (1977–80)

Example Sentences

At a plaza at the complex, people manning a local relief effort collected donations and distributed essentials such as clothing, bedding, diapers and food to residents displaced by the fire.

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It was 10 years ago at Levi’s Stadium that Denver’s Peyton Manning, quarterbacking his second franchise, won his second Super Bowl ring and decided to retire.

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As for the poetry of him walking off the biggest stage the way Manning did, that’s all fantasy football now, especially with more than a quarter of the regular season remaining.

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Then again, Manning’s body was breaking down on him and he wasn’t at the top of his game.

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The U.K. in the past has been able to bring down high levels of asylum claims, which previously peaked in the early 2000s and were reduced thanks in part to tighter border controls, said Alan Manning, an economist at the London School of Economics.

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