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How to use oscar in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Oscar means a cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums. Example: “Oscar had been assured many times that the venerable QWERTYUIOP keyboard design would never, ever be replaced.”

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  • Oscar had been assured many times that the venerable QWERTYUIOP keyboard design would never, ever be replaced.1998 December, Bruce Sterling, Distraction: A Novel (Bantam Spectra Book), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books; Bantam mass market edition, New…. From the entry qwertyuiop
  • Oscar Bransky, of Palm Beach, Fla., had pink Sweetheart rose corsages.1964 July 26, “The Phelps, Dr. Wellington Wed”, in Anderson Sunday Herald, volume 97, number 34, Anderson, Ind., page 13. From the entry god-grandmother
  • Oscar turned to someone who wasn't there and waggled his head.1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 56. From the entry waggle
  • “Oscar.” Miss Granberry looked up from her desk.2015, Mary Ann Rodman, Jimmy's Stars, Usborne Publishing Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry cats and dogs
  • Oscar Robertson would be tearing it up.2013, Bobby "Slick" Leonard, Lew Freedman, Boom, Baby!: My Basketball Life in Indiana, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry tear it up
  • He wasn't causing offence; if anything he was not cooperating with the crew, waking up and telling them to ‘foxtrot oscar’.2012, Sarah Fellows, Bob Fellows, Paramedics: From Street To Emergency Department: Case Book, McGraw-Hill Education, Open University…. From the entry foxtrot oscar
  • Oscar, would you reach over and touch his thing?2009 February 1, Paul Lieberstein, “Stress Relief”, in Jeffrey Blitz, director, The Office, season 5, episodes 14-15, spoken by Michael…. From the entry that's what he said
  • Oscar flashed me another bent grin, palmed a pistol from under the seat and said, "First time in Nigeria?2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 133. From the entry wahala
  • Oscar was one of God’s own prototypes—a high-powered mutant of some kind who was never even considered for mass production.1977 December 15, Hunter S. Thompson, “The Banshee Screams For Buffalo Meat”, in Rolling Stone, number 254, page 59. From the entry God's own
  • Oscar uncapped his beer, rinsed the first mouthful around.1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 51. From the entry rinse
  • Oscar pondered for a while, then said, "Oh, but halfcastes don't seem to be any good at all.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia, page 106. From the entry bludger
  • Oscar the Grouch would be thrilled.2007, “Tim Beyers, Quick Take: United Undone”, in The Motley Fool. From the entry Oscar the Grouch
  • Oscar had been here a month.2005, Alan Cockrell, Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 1945-2005, page 276. From the entry doghouse
  • Oscar stopped the horses and waved to Carl, who caught up his hat and ran through the melon patch to join them.1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 3. From the entry catch up

Meaning of oscar

  1. noun A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.

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Questions about oscar in a sentence

How do you use oscar in a sentence?
Oscar is used as a noun. For example: “Oscar had been assured many times that the venerable QWERTYUIOP keyboard design would never, ever be replaced.”
What is a short sentence with oscar?
“Oscar had been here a month.”
What does oscar mean?
Oscar means a cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.

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