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Watts

[ wots ]

noun

  1. An·dré [ahn, -drey], born 1946, U.S. concert pianist, born in Germany.
  2. George Frederick, 1817–1904, English painter and sculptor.
  3. Isaac, 1674–1748, English theologian and hymnist.


Watts

/ wɒts /

noun

  1. WattsGeorge Frederick18171904MEnglishARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor George Frederick. 1817–1904, English painter and sculptor, noted esp for his painting Hope (1886) and his sculpture Physical Energy (1904) in Kensington Gardens, London
  2. WattsIsaac16741748MEnglishRELIGION: hymn writer Isaac. 1674–1748, English hymn-writer


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Example Sentences

“The Wizard of Watts is not just about police brutality,” he says.

Los Angeles had been on edge all day with memories of the Rodney King and Watts riots surfacing.

While many are outraged at the detainment of Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts, not all are shocked.

Last summer, Emma Watts at Fox called me on the set of Days of Future Past and said, “We really want to do a new Fantastic Four.”

As Watts noted: “From now on, before politicians cast a vote, they will…hear our voters loud and clear.”

The celebrated Dr. Isaac Watts seems to have been written to on the subject.

Religion was to her as important as it was to a Wesley or a Bishop Watts.

The bushrangers were now reduced to three: Howe, Watts, and Browne.

There follows a silence, during which Watts works on mending some bit of harness, and the general reads the evening paper.

In 1765 Watts steam engine was constructed, a very important date in the history of industrialism.

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