Used in a Sentence

elvis

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

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What the chances that a cornfed, midwestern woman who likes baseball, cherrypie, and is crazy 'bout Elvis tries to hijack a flight?

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Definitions4
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Quick take

Elvis Presley (1935-1977), a popular American rock-and-roll singer.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

Elvis Presley (1935-1977), a popular American rock-and-roll singer.

noun

An impersonator of Elvis Presley.

noun

A male given name.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for elvis.

noun

Elvis Presley (1935-1977), a popular American rock-and-roll singer.

noun

An impersonator of Elvis Presley.

noun

A male given name.

noun

(programming) An Elvis operator.

Example sentences

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What the chances that a cornfed, midwestern woman who likes baseball, cherrypie, and is crazy 'bout Elvis tries to hijack a flight?

2

The imagery of Google as Fat Elvis is enough for a good chuckle, though.

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Or Elvis whose popularity as a first name looks like a roller coaster.

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Coincidentally Elvis Costello took the inverse path: working as a data entry clerk he decided he wouldn't take it and followed a career in rock.

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It's also interesting that rap/hip hop was born about a month before Elvis died it's like to ages of music colliding one birth and one death.

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There isn't agreement on whether Elvis is dead either.

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Considering Elvis as one of the first major acts in manifesting the phenomenon of pop culture, it's pretty fair to identify pop culture as an entity which capitalizes on previous work.

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Groovy is largely compatible with Java, but it also has shorthand notations (splat operator, elvis operator, closures, optional typing) and collections that are much more expressive than Java.

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But just like 10 million Elvis fans can't be wrong, neither can a language that is to programming what Elvis, the Beatles, and Michael Jackson put together were to music be anything other than a triumph of engineering.

10

The author made repeated examples of Bruno Mars and Pharrell, but in a more abstract sense of the term, Elvis was the king of pastiche, most of his hits either being Blues/R&B/Soul covers or written by someone else.

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But if you take someone on the autism spectrum, the level of change needed so they won't be hurt by it seems like it would require a miracle somewhere on the scale between bringing back Elvis and world peace.

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The Encyclopedia Britannica from 1911 is now public domain but songs from Elvis Presley were owned by Michael Jackson (his daughter was together with him for some time) and will make another generation or two of his childrens rich (or whoever owns the rights now/then).

Quote examples

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"Since 1945 hardly a single contemporary artist has achieved significant fame after death..." Elvis dead has made more money than Elvis alive.

2

Given the website domain in question, I give this about as much credence as "Elvis bowls 257".

3

Comparing something like Elvis Presley playing "Hound Dog" to Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" would make me think that modern pop is more intelligent.

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" I suspect the modern artists-get-rich era started with Elvis." A little further back than that, but not much further.

Proper noun examples

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Was it really against Priscilla Presley's best interests to sleep with Elvis?

2

He probably comes after the Beatles and Elvis, but after that, it gets harder to come up with musical performers who made a bigger global impact.

3

Our romantic artistic culture idolizes burnouts and addicts: Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use elvis in a sentence?

What the chances that a cornfed, midwestern woman who likes baseball, cherrypie, and is crazy 'bout Elvis tries to hijack a flight?

What does elvis mean?

Elvis Presley (1935-1977), a popular American rock-and-roll singer.

What part of speech is elvis?

elvis is commonly used as noun.