Used in a Sentence

blakely

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for blakely.

Editorial note

And Sara Blakely got Spanx off the ground by dragging Bergdorf buyers into dressing rooms and demonstrating control-top girdle underwear.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A city, the county seat of Early County, Georgia, United States.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of blakely gathered in one view.

noun

A city, the county seat of Early County, Georgia, United States.

noun

A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blakely.

noun

A city, the county seat of Early County, Georgia, United States.

noun

A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.

noun

A surname.

noun

A female given name transferred from the surname.

Example sentences

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And Sara Blakely got Spanx off the ground by dragging Bergdorf buyers into dressing rooms and demonstrating control-top girdle underwear.

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Grace Blakely - The Radical Message of Christian Socialism (me: can it be resurrected?) 4.

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Randy Blakely is doing on the links between Serotonin metabolism and Autism.

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Sara Blakely has built a billion dollar company, which she owns 100%, without taking a penny of funding and using $5,000 dollar of her savings.

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My assumption is that Rhys Blakely was at Cheltenham Science Festival enjoying a lecture, and decided to fluff up a minute of it into an article.

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Blakely and Aska worked for Air Atlas and were members of the Airline Professional Association (APA), Teamsters Local 224.

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Sara Blakely's father apparently asked his children at the diner table how they failed that day.

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“I’m not sure if I was the mother of those people, that I’d want that,” Blakely said.

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> According to Blakely, Drummond refused to pay child support at times and also went long stretches without seeing his child.

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> high-profile backers, drawing support from Hailey Bieber, Kris Jenner, Meta’s former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

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Sara Blakely: mentioned in comments on the article, but she was frustrated by her panty hose that rode up her legs and wanted something to slim her in her favorite jeans (apparently a common girl problem).

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It worked for Sam Walton, Ralph Lauren, Richard Branson, Sara Blakely, Jeff Bezos, Pierre Omidyar, Michael Dell, Ross Perot and countless others.

Quote examples

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“I’m not sure if I was the mother of those people, that I’d want that,” Blakely said.

Proper noun examples

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Blakely and Aska worked for Air Atlas and were members of the Airline Professional Association (APA), Teamsters Local 224.

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Sara Blakely's father apparently asked his children at the diner table how they failed that day.

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> According to Blakely, Drummond refused to pay child support at times and also went long stretches without seeing his child.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use blakely in a sentence?

And Sara Blakely got Spanx off the ground by dragging Bergdorf buyers into dressing rooms and demonstrating control-top girdle underwear.

What does blakely mean?

A city, the county seat of Early County, Georgia, United States.

What part of speech is blakely?

blakely is commonly used as noun.