How to use alexander in a sentence
21 example sentences · noun
Alexander means a cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and light cream. Example: “Alexander the Great's army numbered an elite cavalry among its ranks.”
More sentences with alexander
- Alexander the Great's army numbered an elite cavalry among its ranks.From the entry number
- Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.From the entry sniper
- Alexander has written a number of steampunk short stories, children’s science-learning books, and a full-length elfpunk novel.2015, “About The Author”, in Claudia Alexander, Which of the Mountains Is Greatest of All? (Windows to Adventure; 1), Red Phoenix Books…. From the entry elfpunk
- Alexander lit up Connecticut for 34 points in a Big East quarterfinal win last week.2008 March 17, Andy Katz, “Tourney Trail”, in ESPN.com, retrieved 13 Oct 2008. From the entry smooth operator
- Alexander succeeded in taming Bucephalus by turning him towards the sun and by coaxing him very gently.1994, Gabriele Groschner, Johann Michael Rottmayr, Johann Michael Rottmayer: Barock in Salzburg. From the entry skitty
- Alexander offered no self-gratulatory speeches, no easy or familiar repertory, no repetitions from recent seasons.1987 November 5, Chris Pasles, “Classical Music Review: John Alexander, Pacific Chorale Open 20th Season at Arts Center”, in Los Angeles…. From the entry gratulatory
- Alexander the Haigiographer General Alexander Haig has contexted the Polish watchpot somewhat nuancely.1980, New Zealand. School Publications Branch (contributor), Education, volumes 29-31, page 48. From the entry nuancely
- Alexander bore very little resemblance to the huge, not very agile kings of the wrestling mat.1972, Soviet Life, numbers 184-195, page 63. From the entry matman
- Alexander Grishchuk provided the much-needed fireworks on the board, as six out of nine of his games were decisive.2015 September 3, Pradeep, “Grand Chess Tour 2015: Levon Aronian wins the Sinquefield Cup”, in Sportskeeda. From the entry blitz out
- Alexander worries about unisex bathrooms and jiggle television.2013, Robert B. Parker, The Widening Gyre, →ISBN. From the entry jiggle television
- Alexander Garden Jr., the long-serving rector of South Carolina's St.2012, Travis Glasson, Mastering Christianity: Missionary Anglicanism and Slavery, →ISBN. From the entry march
- Alexander, the ancient vampire who has ruled Paris for many centuries, has been deposed by his own childe, Sir Geoffrey.2003, Janet Trautvetter, Dark Ages: Toreador, page 5. From the entry childe
- Alexander, an ex-Indian High-Commissioner in London has cleaned up Madras.1989, Michael Palin, Around the World in 80 Days, BBC Books, →ISBN, page 111. From the entry puritan
- Alexander had started to laugh when she saw that her five-year-old son had misunderstood her complaint for an order.1978 June, Thomas Dieterich, Cecilia Freeman, Peg Griffin, “Building an Individual Test”, in Peg Griffin, editor, Assessing Comprehension…. From the entry 'frigerator
- Alexander Chervinsky makes his works by balancing on the intersection of New-Yorkian aestheticism and spiritual impulses inherent only to Tolstoy’s and Dostoevsky’s characters.2021, Lisa Plavinsky, “Introduction”, in Martin Dewhirst, Marina Dewhirst, Anastasia Samostra, transl., edited by Alexander Chervinsky…. From the entry New-Yorkian
- Alexander von Humboldt, the very opposite of a hysterical demagogue and Asiaphobe, condemned Genghis Khan's Mongols as a “pestilential gust of wind.”2019, Jürgen Osterhammel, Unfabling the East. From the entry Asiaphobe
- Alexander says she has been accused of censorship "worse than a Syrian dictator" over her quest to have gang-related videos taken down.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian, archived from the…. From the entry unfettered
- Alexander, the groundfisherman, said he never thought he would sell his catch outside the state where his father and grandfather had fished.2007 February 28, Ariel Sabar, “Battle in Maine Pits Lobstermen Against Fishermen”, in New York Times. From the entry groundfisherman
- Alexander, it seems, did attempt to impose proskynesis on both Greeks and Macedonians, and he aroused determined opposition, represented and articulated by Callisthenes of Olynthus.1994, DM Lewis, John Boardman, The Cambridge Ancient History, volume IV, page 873. From the entry proskynesis
- “Alexander,” The Life Guards' drum horse, kindly lent for the occasion, carried the 5th Lancer's silver kettle-drums draped with the 16th Lancer's drum banners.1963, Cyril Nelson Barclay, History of the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers, 1925-1961, page 194. From the entry drum horse
- Alexander Taylor, a native of Stonehaven who in the later forties went to Edinburgh, where he enjoyed a double-barrelled reputation as a rhymester and as an astronomer.1972, Alexander Keith, A thousand years of Aberdeen. From the entry double-barrelled
Meaning of alexander
- noun A cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and light cream.
- noun Any member of the genus Zizia of North American flowering plants.
Questions about alexander in a sentence
- How do you use alexander in a sentence?
- Alexander is used as a noun. For example: “Alexander the Great's army numbered an elite cavalry among its ranks.”
- What is a short sentence with alexander?
- “Alexander worries about unisex bathrooms and jiggle television.”
- What does alexander mean?
- Alexander means a cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and light cream.
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