Strauss

[ strous or, for 1-3, 5, German shtrous ]

/ straʊs or, for 1-3, 5, German ʃtraʊs /

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noun

Da·vid Frie·drich

[dah-veet free-drikh], /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/, 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.

Jo·hann

[yoh-hahn], /ˈyoʊ hɑn/, 1804–49, Austrian orchestra conductor and composer.

his son, Johann "The Waltz King", 1825–99, Austrian orchestra conductor and composer.

Levi, 1829?–1902, U.S. pants manufacturer: developed Levis.

Ri·chard

[rikh-ahrt], /ˈrɪx ɑrt/, 1864–1949, German orchestra conductor and composer.

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Words nearby Strauss

stratum, stratum title, stratus, stratus clouds, Straus, Strauss, Strauss, Johann, the Younger, Strauss, Richard, stravage, stravaig, Stravinskian

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How to use Strauss in a sentence

“People who didn’t think about these issues before have started to make the connection that what they see nationally is actually happening right here,” Strauss said.
In Maryland’s largest suburb, an ambitious police overhaul faces roadblocks|Rebecca Tan, Dan Morse|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
It “seems sort of counterintuitive if animals benefit from living socially,” Strauss says.
Female hyenas kill off cubs in their own clans|Carolyn Wilke|August 25, 2020|Science News
The Associated General Contractors also argued the state law, AB 1290, illegally favored union over non-union contractors, but Strauss ruled against that argument, too.
Politics Report: City’s Big Recycled Water Project Wins in Court|Andrew Keatts|July 25, 2020|Voice of San Diego
So Strauss formed a new one for employees and ran it for 18 months.
Weight lifting is this planetary scientist’s pastime|Bryn Nelson|March 10, 2020|Science News For Students

Strauss, Nolde, and Barlach would sign an August 1934 petition supporting Hitler as the next head of state.
Top Nazis And Their Complicated Relationship With Artists|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He thus appointed Strauss to the post of president of the Reich Chamber of Music in 1933.
Top Nazis And Their Complicated Relationship With Artists|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Goebbels was also instrumental in the initial success Strauss had under the Nazis.
Top Nazis And Their Complicated Relationship With Artists|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the case against Lagarde, 58, is nothing like the showstopper Strauss-Kahn provided.
IMF Chief Lagarde Placed Under Formal Investigation in France|Tracy McNicoll|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Over at The Week, Elissa Strauss wrote that the show was evidence that “the cult of natural childbirth has gone too far.”
Natural Childbirth Is Not a Cult|Brandy Zadrozny|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now Wilde and Strauss have simply drawn an erotic and half-deranged Oriental woman as they imagine she may have been.
Aspects of Modern Opera|Lawrence Gilman
Excommunication or abuse does no good on such men as Bauer, Strauss, and Schwegler; and it answers none of their questions.
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 2 (of 3)|Theodore Parker
I am only inclined to vow that I will never translate again, if I live to correct the sheets for Strauss.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)|George Eliot
They were away from the 14th to the 28th, and on returning to Coventry Strauss was taken up again.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)|George Eliot
Then I sicken at the idea of having Strauss in my head and on my hands for a lustrum, instead of saying good-bye to him in a year.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)|George Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for Strauss

Strauss

/ (straʊs, German ʃtraus) /

noun

David Friedrich (ˈdaːfɪt ˈfriːdrɪç). 1808–74, German Protestant theologian: in his Life of Jesus (1835–36) he treated the supernatural elements of the story as myth

Johann (joˈhan). 1804–49, Austrian composer, noted for his waltzes

his son, Johann, called the Waltz King. 1825–99, Austrian composer, whose works include The Blue Danube Waltz (1867) and the operetta Die Fledermaus (1874)

Richard (ˈrɪçart). 1864–1949, German composer, noted esp for his symphonic poems, including Don Juan (1889) and Till Eulenspiegel (1895), his operas, such as Elektra (1909) and Der Rosenkavalier (1911), and his Four Last Songs (1948)

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