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[ oh-uhnz ] / ˈoʊ ənz /
nounJesse John Cleveland, 1913–80, U.S. athlete. a river in E California, flowing from the Sierra Nevada S to the Owens Valley basin: diverted to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 120 miles (193 km) long. Words nearby Owensowe, owelty, Owen, Owen gun, Owenism, Owens, Owensboro, Owens, Jesse, Owen Sound, Owen Stanley, Owen Stanley Range Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for OwensOwens also accused her of making far more than she claims to need in order to defer the costs of her $58,000 tuition. Duke's Freshman Porn Starlet Isn't Ashamed—and She Shouldn't Be|Emily Shire|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Her songs were chosen by the security team because they thought the pirates would hate them most,” Owens said. Britney Spears's Music Is Used to Fight Off Somali Pirates (Stop Laughing)|Kevin Fallon|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Owens and other skeptics are offering serious arguments, based both on a century of studies of why and how units fight. Women in Combat: A Debate that Deserves More than Giggles|David Frum|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Owens is a combat veteran of Vietnam and editor of the important foreign policy journal, Orbis. Women in Combat: A Debate that Deserves More than Giggles|David Frum|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Germans recruited Owens, a broke inventor and Welsh nationalist, while he was on a business trip to Belgium in 1935. Second ‘Underwear Bomber,’ Kim Philby, and Other Notorious Double Agents|The Daily Beast|May 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST Owens, the Major, was a very gallant man, and the disciplinarian of the regiment. History of Morgan's Cavalry|Basil W. Duke Mr. Owens told me this morning that you men came by his place and threatened him yesterday, and ordered him to move. The Flying U's Last Stand|B. M. Bower The caravan and baggage trains, under command of Major Owens, followed close in the rear. Seventy Years on the Frontier|Alexander Majors The moon was coming up just as the red-headed young man from Owens river valley rode into San Pasqual. The Long Chance|Peter B. Kyne Even though the Owens had actually existed, should not their existence have been ignored as a disgrace to Nature? The Fair Haven|Samuel Butler
British Dictionary definitions for Owens
nounJesse, real name John Cleveland Owens. 1913–80, US Black athlete: won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics (1936) 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 |