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Brooke

[ brook ]

noun

  1. Sir James, 1803–68, British soldier and adventurer: rajah of Sarawak.
  2. Rupert, 1887–1915, English poet.


Brooke

/ brʊk /

noun

  1. BrookeAlan Francis Alan Francis See Alanbrooke
  2. BrookeSir James18031868MBritishMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: hereditary ruler Sir James . 1803–68, British soldier; first rajah of Sarawak (1841–63)
  3. BrookeRupert (Chawner)18871915MBritishWRITING: poet Rupert ( Chawner ). 1887–1915, British lyric poet, noted for his idealistic war poetry, which made him a national hero


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Example Sentences

Well Brooke, and good luck with all the special holidays and hopefully patio dining opens soon.

From Eater

It must have been an okay story because Brooke didn’t kick me out.

From Fortune

I sat down and told Brooke my whole story—about how much I liked reading Fortune, my communications studies at ASU, my letter to Marshall Loeb, my seventy interviews, and my multiple job offers.

From Fortune

I also want you to know Brooke as the LGBTQ ally like I know Brooke.

Brooke’s dedication to our economic recovery’s urgent reality has her working late nights and early mornings.

For years, Brooke even had trouble finding a publisher for his memoir, which was ultimately accepted by Rutgers University Press.

Ed Brooke, the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, embraced fights with the left and right.

But the real mystery and injustice came from Brooke being essentially written out of the history of the civil rights movement.

But Brooke was out of step with the New Left and its notion of radical chic.

The two once lived together under the same roof, after Brooke asked Fenner to live with them.

"I notice they take mighty good care t' laugh behind his back," flashed little black-eyed Annie Brooke from the Cove neighborhood.

This news made Lords Say, Brooke, and others ask for a grant of land there, which the king readily gave them.

Copley reported a remark by Brooke that the project of causing stirs in Scotland came out of Ralegh's head.

Watson's and Brooke's stories proved as unsubstantial as the astonishing romance adopted by grave de Thou.

I am afraid times have changed since Mr. Brooke Hamilton laid down the laws of courtesy, Veronica made sceptical reply.

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