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Hawke

[ hawk ]

noun

  1. Robert (James Lee), 1929–2019, Australian political leader: prime minister 1983–91.


Hawke

/ hɔːk /

noun

  1. HawkeEdward, 1st Baron17051781MBritishMILITARY: admiral Edward, 1st Baron. 1705–81, British admiral. He destroyed the French fleet in Quiberon Bay (1759), preventing a French invasion of England
  2. HawkeRobert (James Lee)1929MAustralianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Robert ( James Lee ), known as Bob. Born 1929, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1983–91)


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Example Sentences

Hawke, ever the charmer, kicks things off with a compliment: I really like you guys.

“Somewhere early on in the scene where we go camping together, the young man that Ellar is now was born,” says Hawke.

“People always talk like we shot a bit of it once a year, but it was all random,” adds Hawke.

Hawke may be best known for movies, including Before Midnight which opened this summer to rave reviews.

Even Bob Hawke, who as prime minister shed iconic tears on behalf of Soviet Jews, urged Gillard to change her vote.

Admiral Hawke, on hearing of it, sent two ships to demand his immediate release.

She is bound by a sacred promise—a promise to the dead—to marry that old fossil, Griffith Hawke.

Even as a hawke flieth not hie with one wing, even so a man reacheth not to excellency with one tongue.

I was sitting there after supper, gloomily smoking my pipe, when I received a visit from Griffith Hawke.

Some of the men were for sallying out to pursue and capture the Indians, but Griffith Hawke prudently refused to permit this.

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