Schmeling

American  

[shmel-ing, shmey-ling] / ˈʃmɛl ɪŋ, ˈʃmeɪ lɪŋ /

noun

1. Max 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.

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Example Sentences

James and Louise Schmeling’s Toyota Corolla had been recalled but hadn’t been repaired when the couple drove to church one afternoon in June 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sharon Schmeling, one of the couple’s children, said her father told her the surgery went well and that her mother had a “brand spanking new knee.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I could’ve either allowed this to destroy me or make me stronger for him,” Bell says, again referring to his son, whom he shares with wife Janet Von Schmeling.

From Los Angeles Times

In January it was reported that Bell and his wife Janet Von Schmeling had separated and were "heading for divorce" after four years of marriage.

From BBC

So were heavyweight champ Joe Louis’s boxing gloves from his first match with Max Schmeling in 1936, jazz great John Coltrane’s saxophone, and the black guitar Paul Simon played at his concert in New York’s Central Park in 1991.

From Washington Post