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oswald

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

Editorial note

And if a last-minute interrogation of Oswald had not delayed his transfer, Ruby would not have been at the jail in time to kill Oswald.

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Quick take

A male given name from Old English.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A male given name from Old English.

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

noun

A place name:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for oswald.

noun

A male given name from Old English.

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

noun

A place name:

noun

A suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.

Example sentences

1

And if a last-minute interrogation of Oswald had not delayed his transfer, Ruby would not have been at the jail in time to kill Oswald.

2

Then, just when it looks like you might take Mickey, too, you plop Oswald down in his place.

3

How does science say that Oswald was acting alone and for his own reasons?

4

Every time another Mickey Mouse short goes public domain, stick Oswald in there.

5

I also like Oswald for headline or big titles.

6

I still think the original articles attempt at proving there was no conspiracy by using that example is a poor choice, because if you did want Ruby to kill Oswald, and the timing was wrong, Oswald needed to be delayed.

7

The most disappointing part of this entire story is Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai tried to broker a solution by calling upon Edamaruku to apologise and on Catholic groups to drop their case in return.

8

A century ago that would have been considered a radical right wing social Darwinist opinion and would have put you in the same camp as all the budding European fascists obsessed with the arguments of Oswald Spengler.

9

I'll admit that there are still some weird parts to the story, like Oswald's visit to the Cuban embassy in Mexico city, but I'm willing to bet that Oswald was some sort of CIA source or contact and that fact needed to be covered up.

10

But Oswald had the means (rifle & training), motive (desire, as a 24-year-old loser, to prove his importance to the world), and opportunity (a job in a building that happened to lie on the motorcade route published in the paper on 11/20 and 11/21).

11

But after venturing out on my own and reading actual source materials, like many of the interviews in the Warren report, such as the doctors, Marina Oswald, and even the bus driver that picked Oswald up after the murder, makes it clear that Oswald did it.

12

For me, the headlines on the right hand side say it all: Jeff Ruby asks OJ to leave business Ruby on Rails 2.0 Released JFK Documents Include Reported Ruby, Oswald Conversation 23-foot python found basking in sun Former Olympic champion Ruby dies in climbing fall Monty Python reunite Only one of those is related to programming.

Quote examples

1

For the multitude, that which it continually reads and hears.” ― Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West, Vol.

2

But it also writes "On November 24, 1963, Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald".

3

Was "The CIA had Oswald do it" not a fun enough plot or something?

4

Or some SS agent who thought Oswald was a joke was "involved".

Proper noun examples

1

Oswald used full metal jacket ammunition designed for piercing targets, and post-impact deformations for such bullets are often slight.

2

In the spirit of the reference, there was a high-quality simulation of the JFK assassination, with the user acting as Oswald.

3

In fact, it might be funny to just edit Mickey out of Steamboat Willie entirely, and replace him with a digital Oswald.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use oswald in a sentence?

And if a last-minute interrogation of Oswald had not delayed his transfer, Ruby would not have been at the jail in time to kill Oswald.

What does oswald mean?

A male given name from Old English.

What part of speech is oswald?

oswald is commonly used as noun.