Vidal

[ vi-dahl ]

/ vɪˈdɑl /

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noun

(Eugene Luther) Gore, 1925–2012, U.S. novelist, essayist, and playwright.

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How to use Vidal in a sentence

Missing Vidal in particular could be really bad for Barcelona.
The Champions League Is Back, And All We Want To Talk About Is Atalanta|Tony Chow (tony.chow@fivethirtyeight.com)|August 6, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
“We see that Western countries are preparing themselves in case they have one or two cases,” said Vidal.
Why New York’s Ebola Case Will Hurt Infected Patients Everywhere|Abby Haglage|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sebastian Vidal, a field coordinator for MSF, told NPR he was “flabbergasted” at the lack of international response.
Why New York’s Ebola Case Will Hurt Infected Patients Everywhere|Abby Haglage|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He quotes Gore Vidal, who said, “You never know when you are happy, you only know when you were happy.”
Wait a Minute, Clinton Coronators—Here Comes Jim Webb|Eleanor Clift|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Gore Vidal defined an intellectual as “someone who can deal with abstractions.”
Richard Hofstadter and America’s New Wave of Anti-Intellectualism|David Masciotra|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He talks to Juan Vidal about how he writes, why his books are short, and adapting his work for film.
Image is Everything: An Interview with Alejandro Zambra|Juan Vidal|February 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Marguerite had a marvellous portrait of herself, by Vidal, the only man whose pencil could do her justice.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)|Alexandre Dumas, fils
Nor did he remember the circumstance of having on this or any other occasion played a trio of Mayseder's with Gutmann and Vidal.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
Vidal Bev, Boccacce et les docks et warrants, in Bulletin de l'institut gyptien .
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton
Dr. Vidal gives no proof that the Japanese plant is wild in that country.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle
Vidal, one of the newly elected Paris representatives, was returned for Strassburg also.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte|Karl Marx

British Dictionary definitions for Vidal

Vidal

/ (viːˈdæl) /

noun

Gore. 1925–2012 US novelist and essayist. His novels include Julian (1964), Myra Breckinridge (1968), Burr (1974), Lincoln (1984), and The Season of Conflict (1996)

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