Regan

[ ree-guh n ]

/ ˈri gən /

noun

(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.Compare Cordelia(def 1), Goneril.

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CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Example sentences from the Web for regan

On the morning of November 25, Regan advised Poindexter to be prepared to step down as national security advisor.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra Revelations|Malcolm Byrne|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Also attending was Regan, who told investigators the president had been “crestfallen” at hearing about the diversion.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra Revelations|Malcolm Byrne|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He spoke to Reagan, Bush, Regan, McFarlane, Poindexter, and perhaps others.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra Revelations|Malcolm Byrne|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Already, a Major League Soccer team has developed a model “with a really solid accuracy for injury prevention,” Regan said.
The Nate Silver of Sports Injuries|Evin Demirel|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

News Corp. quickly paid $10.7 million to settle the case, pushed in part by reports that Regan had taped the conversation.
Rudy's Cozy Murdoch Ties|Wayne Barrett|July 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And out of that dread stillness under the northern sky Regan comes to him, streaked red with the clay of the camps.
The Best Short Stories of 1919|Various
And he turned away at the words, with something shining in his blue eyes that Father Regan knew was not all defiance.
Killykinick|Mary T. Waggaman
The campaign is on again; no need of concealment now, the Suburban has passed safely into Regan's hands.
The Best Short Stories of 1919|Various
"Divil a bit will Regan care whether he be godspeeded or not," he says, so boldly that Craney considers him with respect.
The Best Short Stories of 1919|Various
We may feel sure that the ingratitude he had met with is reflected in Goneril and Regan.
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway|Martin Brown Ruud