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dench

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

Editorial note

Can't a women that looks and sounds like Dame Judi Dench in prison, that would be uncivilized!

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

An English surname.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

An English surname.

adjective

(UK, slang) Excellent; impressive; awesome.

adjective

(UK, slang, of a man) Well-built, muscular, attractive.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dench.

noun

An English surname.

adjective

(UK, slang) Excellent; impressive; awesome.

adjective

(UK, slang, of a man) Well-built, muscular, attractive.

Example sentences

1

Can't a women that looks and sounds like Dame Judi Dench in prison, that would be uncivilized!

2

This is how UK actors are trained to this day, and everyone seems to like Patrick Stewart, Emilia Clarke, Judi Dench etc.

3

The '79 Trevor Nunn/RSC Macbeth with Judi Dench and Ian McKellen is incredible!

4

A towering presence of British stage and screen, with Dame Judi Dench being about the last of that golden generation since the passing of Diana Riggs (Olenna Tyrell).

5

As a company that participated in the beta, I can unequivocally tell you that FlyWheel is legit (dench, for those of you in the know).

6

Anybody noticed already that any current or near future reveneu won't make a dench in the actual costs of running giant models, anyway, the models keep chugging along just fine.

7

The result is expressive subtleties present in our remaining great actors (who are now age 60+) like Judy Dench or Daniel Day-Lewis are absent in nearly all actors under age 40, unless they got their start in stage or outside American media, where the practice of overproduction has not been as rampant.

8

The 1997 BBC Radio adaptation of TWoE (narrated by Judi Dench and Michael Maloney as Ged) is wonderful - parallel in quality to their 1981 Lord of the Rings adaptation.

9

We don't much like the institution in the same way (only narrow approval overall), but we pretty much loved the Queen as close to unconditionally as we love anyone (she's like one or two rungs down from Judi Dench and the late Terry Wogan), and would not have wanted to see it go in her lifetime because it would just have been weird.

Quote examples

1

A great example is this brilliant and funny rendition of "To be or not to be" by Tim Minchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Judy Dench, David Tennant and others.

2

I immediately thought of Judy Dench's performance of "M" in James Bond.

3

I’m not even an actor and if someone said they wanted me to have a bit part “in a movie with Judy Dench” I’d be like yeah okay.

Proper noun examples

1

The SWP is about as likely to forment a revolution or incite violence as Judi Dench.

2

Add Judi Dench, Renee Zellweger, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, the list is quite big...

3

This non-acting fame achievement coming first is not so much true for Judy Dench, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep or Bruce Willis, for example.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use dench in a sentence?

Can't a women that looks and sounds like Dame Judi Dench in prison, that would be uncivilized!

What does dench mean?

An English surname.

What part of speech is dench?

dench is commonly used as noun, adjective.