Smedley
Americannoun
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.
Guest: Jonathan M. Katz, journalist and the author of Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire and author of theracket.news newsletter.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026
Jenny Smedley, who carries out vision screening in Sheffield schools, says it is a good way to make sure most children are included.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025
The young Smedley loves to stare through a hole in her roof to gaze at the sky.
From Salon • Aug. 13, 2024
Smedley, who is defending himself, said disagreeing with a hospital’s discharge plan was hardly a commercial blockade.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
“May I try an experiment?” asked Mr. Smedley.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
