Musil
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“I was sickened by this use of technology that I had had such great hopes for,” Vonnegut told journalist Robert Musil in 1980, “and so I came to fear it.”
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 10, 2022
Romford heavyweight Johnny Fisher extended his unbeaten record to 7-0 thanks to a first-round demolition of Czech fighter Dominik Musil, who was knocked down twice before the fight was stopped.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2022
Musil initially agreed to talk to me, then declined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2022
“CowPony” is inspired by a real-life incident when a horse that Musil had planned to ride was meandering almost completely hidden among a herd of Hereford cows.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022
Then there was Musil the philosophical scientist, interested in probability theory and logical positivism, as well as in the workings of the mind and the soul.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
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