Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Sennett

American  
[sen-it] / ˈsɛn ɪt /

noun

  1. Mack Michael Sinnott, 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.


Sennett British  
/ ˈsɛnət /

noun

  1. Mack, original name Michael Sinott. 1884–1960, US film producer and director, born in Canada, who produced many silent comedy films featuring the Keystone Kops, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd, for the Keystone Company

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The pair never imagined the series, which held its first premiere in Silver Lake at Mack Sennett Studios, would take off the way it did.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 28, 2025

On Wednesday the court heard from Royal Mail employee Robert Sennett, who said defendant Sean Montgomery arrived at the Barry depot to pick up three parcels, saying they were "presents, gifts from family".

From BBC Jun. 4, 2025

Yet just as the band was poised to blow up, Rilo Kiley split amid creative and personal tensions between Lewis and Sennett, who’d also been romantically involved.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2025

In another witness room sat two sons of the murder victim, Mike and Chuck Sennett, as well as their wives, a friend and another relative of Ms. Sennett’s.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2024

True, they were now in the spirit of her party, Mack Sennett himself couldn't have asked a better interpretation of his own vital principles.

From Ptomaine Street by Wells, Carolyn

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training