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Selden

[ sel-duhn ]

noun

  1. George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
  2. John, 1584–1654, English historian, Orientalist, and politician.
  3. a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.


Selden

/ ˈsɛldən /

noun

  1. SeldenJohn15841654MEnglishARTS AND CRAFTS: antiquarianPOLITICS: politician John. 1584–1654, English antiquary and politician. As a member of Parliament, he was twice imprisoned for opposing the king


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Example Sentences

“We were able to compare energy cost versus gain,” Selden says.

“All of these activities encourage root growth,” Selden says.

“We were able to compare energy cost versus gain, and found that on average there is a deficit, with about half the cost of digging being unaccounted for,” Selden says.

“All of these activities encourage root growth, and once the roots grow into the tunnels, the gophers crop the roots,” Selden says.

Sashimi, with its thin, repeatable strips and regular fat striations, is much easier to create than a thick marbled steak, and Selden says Finless Foods has already produced something “close to perfect.”

From Time

For me, it's The Cricket in Times Square, written by George Selden and illustrated by Garth Williams.

The encenia, or dedication of the incomparable theatre at Oxford, endowed and founded 1664, by archbishop Selden.

Somebody once asked the great Selden in what book you might find the law for resisting tyranny.

He did so, and meeting in the doorway a tall, elegant-looking young man, he asked for Mr. Selden.

Immediately Billy thought of the Lincolns, and now knew why the name of Selden seemed so familiar.

I don't believe that mother would ever have sent us there if it were not that Ida Selden is going.

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