McKenna

[ muh-ken-uh ]

/ məˈkɛn ə /

noun

Sio·bhan

[shuh-vawn, -von], /ʃəˈvɔn, -ˈvɒn/, 1923–86, Irish actress.

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Words nearby McKenna

McJob, McKay, McKean, McKeesport, McKellen, McKenna, McKenzie, McKim, McKinley, McKinley, William, McKinney

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“You can borrow that stuff if you want to,” McKenna says, putting a heavy, distancing accent on the word stuff.
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The regard their comrades held for McKenna and Glover translated into the intensity of their hunt for the sniper who killed them.
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Following his return, McKenna joined the New York State Police.
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McKenna here proved to remain an Eagle Scout in the very best sense amidst the bloodiest and most harrowing fight in the war.
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“My base was empty because everyone was out in the city trying to find the shooter,” Fasanella later wrote to McKenna's parents.
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"We can check possible thefts with Rivers's clerk, when he gets here," McKenna said.
Murder in the Gunroom|Henry Beam Piper
Rand and McKenna followed, with Mrs. Gwinnett bringing up the rear.
Murder in the Gunroom|Henry Beam Piper
Besides causing annoyance to innocent people, McKenna's made a serious tactical error.
Murder in the Gunroom|Henry Beam Piper
Mr. McKenna shook the machine when he inserted the next nickel, but there was no compensatory flow of coins from the door.
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Mr. McKenna promised to give careful consideration to the criticisms before the Committee stage.
Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916|Various

British Dictionary definitions for McKenna

McKenna

/ (məˈkɛnə) /

noun

Siobhán (ʃəˈvɔːn ). 1923–86, Irish actress, whose notable roles included Pegeen Mike in Synge's The Playboy of the Western World and Shaw's Saint Joan

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