Used in a Sentence

muldoon

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

Editorial note

Harmon Muldoon called his [hot air balloon] the 'Green Onion,' and it looked like one.

Examples13
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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname from Irish.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A surname from Irish.

noun

A neighbourhood of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.

noun

A town in Fayette County, Texas, United States.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for muldoon.

noun

A surname from Irish.

noun

A neighbourhood of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.

noun

A town in Fayette County, Texas, United States.

noun

(Baltimore, dated) Someone able to deliver a lot of votes for a local political machine.

Example sentences

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Harmon Muldoon called his [hot air balloon] the 'Green Onion,' and it looked like one.

2

Maybe Muldoon just has a policy against returning the calls of a full-time anti-Google mouthpiece that is literally funded by DuckDuckGo.

3

Of the modern poets you mentioned I may have heard the name of Paul Muldoon before.

4

> Muldoon didn’t respond to a question about why the ads were able to violate Google’s policy.

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I'll slip in the (in)famous Muldoon quote on the brain drain.

6

Most of the loophole reduction went hand-in-hand with tax cuts, but we're talking dropping from a top rate of >60% by the end of the Muldoon government down to the 30s for the top tier.

Quote examples

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Robert Muldoon did once state that the "annual exodus of Kiwis to Australia raised the average IQ of both countries".

2

Paul Muldoon, Maybe something of a "poet's poet" but certainly worth checking out.

3

At the time, Robert Muldoon was Prime Minister of New Zealand and was pursuing "think big" projects for NZ including a planned nuclear power station.

4

"Australia's gotta become one country first." The reply from former NZ Prime Minister Rob Muldoon when asked if NZ would ever become part of Australia.

Proper noun examples

1

Muldoon ran some of the most interventionist economic policy in NZ history, and Bolger and Shipley passed the Resource Management Act.

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As a New Zealander, I have not felt more disgusted by a Prime Minister since Muldoon.

3

Muldoon’s famous quote about New Zealanders moving to Australia comes to mind.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use muldoon in a sentence?

Harmon Muldoon called his [hot air balloon] the 'Green Onion,' and it looked like one.

What does muldoon mean?

A surname from Irish.

What part of speech is muldoon?

muldoon is commonly used as noun.