Sewell

American  

[soo-uhl] / ˈsu əl /

noun

1. Anna, 1820–78, English author.

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Sewell British  

/ ˈsuːəl /

noun

1. Henry. 1807–79, New Zealand statesman, born in England: first prime minister of New Zealand (1856)

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Example Sentences

The group is made up of singer Miles Hunt, guitarist Malcolm Treece, violinist Erica Nockalls, guitarist Mark Thwaite, bass player Tim Sewell, and drummer Pete Howard.

From BBC

Mr. Sewell, a contributing editor at the Spectator and a former reporter for the BBC, provides us with fascinating glimpses into the “shadowy world” of 17th-century espionage, from disguises and surveillance techniques to Downing’s favorite: word-substitution ciphers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Using that scheme, names and terms associated with a mission were allocated code words, explains Mr. Sewell, allowing the spy “to adopt a cover identity and, like an actor, remain in character as he crafted his reports”—a “grain merchant,” for instance, might refer to cavalry as “wheat” or artillery as “barley.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Transcribing coded letters as examples, Mr. Sewell expertly explains their meanings and shows he’s a bit of a codebreaker himself.

From The Wall Street Journal

The book’s narrative is accessible and brisk, delivered in easy prose and a light, journalistic style with sprightly turns of phrase; Downing learned from his father, Mr. Sewell tells us, “to have an eye to the main chance, and the importance of being shameless.”

From The Wall Street Journal