McCarthy

[ muh-kahr-thee ]

/ məˈkɑr θi /

noun

Cor·mac,

[kawr-mak, ‐muh k] /ˈkɔr mæk, ‐mək/,born 1933, U.S. novelist.

Joseph R(aymond),1909–57, U.S. politician.

Joseph Vincent,1887–1978, U.S. baseball manager.

Mary (Therese),1912–1989, U.S. novelist and memoirist.

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Example sentences from the Web for mccarthy

Such was the corrosive paranoia of the time, fueled by McCarthy and abetted by Hoover.
I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk|Clive Irving|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Spirituality, after all, is not as marketable as sex appeal, so maybe the media-savvy McCarthy is exposing a true vulnerability.
Jenny McCarthy: I Am Not Anti-Vaccine|Lloyd Grove|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
McCarthy, who used to self-identify as a Democrat, now calls herself an Independent.
Jenny McCarthy: I Am Not Anti-Vaccine|Lloyd Grove|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But McCarthy parlayed her naked ambition into a pretty fabulous career.
Jenny McCarthy: I Am Not Anti-Vaccine|Lloyd Grove|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

If most of the McCarthy comparisons have been favorable, all of them have been facile.
Compliments Are Nice, but Enough With the Cormac McCarthy Comparisons|William Giraldi|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If Dr. McCarthy chose to permit this disrespect, and to condone these outrages, it was his affair and not mine.
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I say, Tom, did you hear of the frightful miscarriage of justice that McCarthy was the victim of?
Jiglets|Walter Jones
McCarthy gave a prodigious start and put his hand up to his head, as if some idea had occurred to him with tremendous force.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success|Allen Chapman
McCarthy, proud as the Old Guard, sat smoking on; only one leg was drawn up under the other in a tense, convulsive way.
Stover at Yale|Owen Johnson
McCarthy, Hungerford, and one or two of the freshman candidates arose.
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British Dictionary definitions for mccarthy

McCarthy

/ (məˈkɑːθɪ) /

noun

Cormac. born 1933, US writer; his novels include Suttree (1979), Blood Meridian (1985), All the Pretty Horses (1992), No Country for Old Men (2005) and The Road (2006)

Joseph R (aymond). 1908–57, US Republican senator, who led (1950-54) the notorious investigations of alleged Communist infiltration into the US government

Mary (Therese). 1912–89, US novelist and critic; her works include The Group (1963)

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