Used in a Sentence

shire

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

Editorial note

Companies like Shire Pharmaceuticals selling amphetamines to kids are no better for society than your average heroin dealer.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A placename

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A placename

noun

A surname.

noun

(by extension) An administrative area or district in other countries.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shire.

noun

A placename

noun

A surname.

noun

(by extension) An administrative area or district in other countries.

noun

(Australia, often attributive) An outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.

Example sentences

1

Companies like Shire Pharmaceuticals selling amphetamines to kids are no better for society than your average heroin dealer.

2

That's right, Shire Pharmaceticals is upset that European doctors and parents aren't rushing to give children fancy, expensive, speed.

3

Even with the scouring of the Shire cut, the film version of Return of the King really went on too long after the climax.

4

Time to get out of the shire and see the world, bilbo.

5

Advertising exercise won't make Shire Pharmaceuticals any richer.

6

Were it written in the climate of today's never ending 70s tape loop, the moral would be that Frodo should never have left The Shire to begin with.

7

A few years later now, my intuition is that psychostimulants prescribed and/or consumed with therapeutic intent really do not address the core problems that Shire (et al.) claim to be medicating, at least in my case.

8

:-) I wasn't going for depth here, shire could just goto google scholar or a decent physics library and follow the citation references off of Dr.

Quote examples

1

The literal "Shire" is the West Midlands of England [1].

2

I got one that says "Save the Shire" and I have no idea why.

3

Each are very much "Doric" (the dialect of Aberdeen\shire) words.

4

"They're patriots" This is the same argument Obama tried to use with Abbvie while trying to block their takeover of shire for tax purposes.

Proper noun examples

1

That doesn't mean that Sauron/MS's power was broken, just that it wasn't affecting the Hobbits/hackers in the Shire/Silicon Valley.

2

Maggot lives west of the Brandywine, remained there when Frodo left, and never even knew that Frodo would be leaving the Shire.

3

I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use shire in a sentence?

Companies like Shire Pharmaceuticals selling amphetamines to kids are no better for society than your average heroin dealer.

What does shire mean?

A placename

What part of speech is shire?

shire is commonly used as noun.