Newman

[noo-muhn, nyoo-]

noun

1. John Henry, Cardinal, 1801–90, English theologian and author.

2. Paul Leonard, 1925–2008, U.S. actor.

3. a male given name.

Newman

/ ˈnjuːmən /

noun

1. Barnet. 1905–70, US painter, a founder of Abstract Expressionism: his paintings include the series Stations of the Cross (1965–66)

2. John Henry. 1801–90, British theologian and writer. Originally an Anglican minister, he was a prominent figure in the Oxford Movement. He became a Roman Catholic (1845) and a priest (1847) and was made a cardinal (1879). His writings include the spiritual autobiography Apologia pro vita sua (1864), a treatise on the nature of belief, The Grammar of Assent (1870), and hymns

3. Paul. 1925–2008, US film actor and director, who appeared in such films as Hud (1963), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), The Verdict (1982), The Color of Money (1986), Nobody's Fool (1994), and Road to Perdition (2002)

Example Sentences

But Newman says the modern method of using touched-up photos doesn’t have the sense of life and motion of a Struzan painting.

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Three of the candidates targeted by the cardrooms ended up losing, including the bill’s author, Democratic Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton.

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Deanna Newman set up C'est la vie Jewellery in March last year as an "interesting adventure" sideline which she hoped to turn into her dream full-time job.

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Apart from “The Drowning Pool,” all these films are set in Los Angeles; “Drowning Pool” features Paul Newman as an L.A.-based detective tracking a case in Louisiana.

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Terence Newman, prosecuting, said Sharwarq knocked a fellow migrant to the floor in a one-punch attack at the hotel's canteen, which left him bleeding.

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