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Sentence Examples Nephew Jack's third letter again had me delving deep into my drawer full of old newspaper cuttings, and after a quick rummage around I found just what I was looking for. Grundy, owned by Carlo Vittadini, won the Derby in 1975 beating Great Nephew and Nobiliary. A bronze statue of Lewis's character Digory from The Magician's Nephew stands in Belfast's Holywood Arches in front of the Holywood Road Library. Lewis gives us a Narnian protology in his The Magician's Nephew. Fortunately, my nephew has made a complete recovery and remembers everything that happened before he passed out. After a hard early life I was proud to hear that my eldest nephew had managed to earn his way to the top ranks of his senior class. She gets married abruptly, then abruptly widowed, then she has an abrupt falling-out with her nephew, and so on. After initially living with his brother-in-law, mother and nephew, he moved to a small, comfortless, unheated room in a cheap hotel. Earlier this evening my five-year-old nephew beat me at a game of basketball. Aunt Pinkey was enough like her nephew to understand and even get a bang out of the ridiculousness of his momentary rage. The faux student claimed he was the nephew of Hollywood director Steven Spielberg. Herewith a brief taste of this fine book on the art of corrupting humans as described in the letters of a senior tempter to his nephew Wormwood. I took my 3-year-old nephew to Easter services at a Lutheran church near my home. His nephew, a known drug dealer, was killed as a result of the feud between the families. Another popular figure in myth and folk tales is Aligouran, a character in a series of adventures involving an uncle and his nephew. The boy's uncle described his nephew as naughty, like his father, but a crackerjack in school. Flowergirl was Sinead Gavaghan, niece of the bride and pageboy was Michael O'Brien, nephew of the groom. He gets the job just because he is your nephew, which makes him harder to fire and minimizes the true importance of IT in your organization. I've been busy eating chipolatas, and telling my nine year old nephew to stop drinking my Tanqueray. And like his nephew, in upbringing he was clearly taught the value of humility and decency. Show More Sentences As Edward's nephew, but even more so as Edmund's son, he was next in line by blood to the succession. The colonel nodded before abruptly turning from his nephew to ring for the nearest servant. You are so much to so many people, husband, dad, son, brother, uncle, nephew and friend. Her nephew Bill Redmond and family travelled from Milton Keynes for the celebrations. He was relieved when a picture of his nephew flashed up on the television screen. He wanted to make himself as unsuspicious as possible when his nephew was dead. The next nawab, his nephew Azim-ud-Daula, had to give up much of his powers and territory and became the first titular Nawab of the Carnatic. Ishaan, who plays Shahid's nephew who comes to live with him after his parents die, loved bossing big brother around during the shoot. In the name of my nephew, and all the other victims of this environment of fear, let us try to find common ground as a nation. At the Christmas party given by this man's nephew, they played blind man's buff, then forfeits. In the 1970s Segal began selling space to employees, starting with his nephew Ron Herman. He is deeply regretted by his wife Mary, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, niece, nephew, relatives, neighbours and friends. The saddlery, now run by Duff's nephew Randy still turns out world-class saddles. My nephew has more toys, books and clothes than he needs, and my SIL can find them at better prices than I can anyway. My nephew tried to organize these farmworkers, only to discover that they did not speak Spanish and he spoke no Mixtec. Octavius, nephew of Julius Caesar, Antony, and Lepidus, united as triumvirs, oppose the forces raised by Brutus and Cassius. Mama Mata's presents to her cousin and nephew were given to demonstrate her attachment to them and to incur obligation. We sit down to talk in an upstairs boardroom and are joined by Sylla's young nephew, who burbles quietly to himself then falls asleep. My nephew and I will not share the same holidays and he will not have a bar mitzvah for me to attend. Me, I love my nephew to death, but I think he needs to be a bit more mischievous. Show More Sentences In this system, childless women may raise a niece or nephew and grandparents may exercise parental control over a grandchild. We usually open family presents with my BIL, SIL and nephew on Christmas morning. When they reached the border the uncle warned the nephew to keep his trap shut and let him do the talking. In Norway she was not only made ruler for life, but her nephew, Eric of Pomerania, was acknowledged as the lawful heir. He almost becomes one of the family, cheerfully going out gambling with her dopey, reprobate nephew. An insolent stranger makes an unexpected appearance in Tara's house claiming to be her illegitimate nephew. Time's up and he turns to the task of waking a nephew who's now snoring into his New York Yankees baseball cap. Though Kaumai was 'Aukele's nephew they were nearly of an age and surfed and boxed together. This infuriated some institutional shareholders and they allied with Walt Disney's nephew, who wanted to get rid of Eisner. She expressed her hope that her gifted nephew would be an emissary of civilization to the wild colonies. Unfortunately my nephew noticed I was better than before and just raised his game a notch and still wiped the floor with me. Her nephew approached, holding a cooking pot with herbs littered inside it, a pestle and mortar, a ladle, bowl and kindling. She laughed and Eddie chuckled at her fond recollections of her mischievous nephew. He is survived by his sister Margaret in England, nephew and niece, relations, neighbours and friends. Her two daughters will be bridesmaids together with her two nieces, his niece, and her nephew and his nephew will be pageboys. In 1136, St Magnus' nephew, Rognvald, sailed into Pierowall during his invasion to seize the Orkney earldom. Now her great-great nephew, Alan Douglas, has deciphered Lucy's spidery handwriting and, as a labour of love, produced eight copies of the diary. Then his nephew nearly OD's on meth, allowing the brutal vengeance to begin. His nephew, on being unable to turn the computer off, decided to pull the plug out of the mains. I have a wife, a son, a sister, a sister-in-law, three brothers-in-law, a mother, a father-in-law, a nephew, and a niece. Show More Sentences He chose the charity because nephew Sam has partial hearing and may benefit from a hearing dog one day. My brother bought a kite for my niece and nephew and they joined in the fun. Tom McSharry, a nephew of former EU Commissioner, Ray MacSharry enters politics for the first time by declaring for the East Ward in the Borough contest. It is funny, tender and quite tough, swerving from sentimentality in the same way that the nephew narrowly avoids a living death for the rest of his life. Did his god help him when his own nephew betrayed him to our enemies? One of the many entries in the daybook carefully records the number of gallons of whiskey and cider used to pay Dabney Carr, the nephew of Thomas Jefferson. Long dead, true enough, but never to be mistaken for his nephew who continues to exemplify, for some, anyway, the difference between a dead hero and a deadbeat. Richard Chenevix Trench, who succeeded to the deanery on the death of Dr. Buckland, in 1856, is a nephew of the first Lord Ashtown, in the Irish peerage. In the election for a president in December 1848 Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew, Louis-Napoleon, romped home, leaving the republican candidates standing. Roger's ego is soon resuscitated when he receives a surprise visit from his sixteen-year-old nephew, Nick, who needs some help in dealing with the ladies. The first time I ate there my husband's young nephew threw a tantrum. She, her two older sisters and her nephew had all been sleepwalkers. The communications consultant, 42, a former BBC question time producer, is an Old Etonian and the nephew of the Duke of Richmond. The nephew and the bodyguards appear to have realized that they were in hostile territory, and tried to withdraw, but the effort was met with a hail of bullets. In this case he is referred to as a nephew of the deceased in accordance with the Portuguese practice, although in fact he was the son of a distant cousin. My nephew is only 2 and he acts like the man of the house, lols. When the last of the Capetian kings, Charles IV died in 1328, the nearest male relative was his nephew Edward III of England, whose mother was Charles's sister. At one point my sister was visiting with my nephew, who was very little at the time. The drive-by shooting began much earlier than her nephew thought. After the death of my wife, and in the meantime subject to her interest, my trustees shall hold my residuary estate and the income thereof in trust for my nephew. Show More Sentences The nephew had no child but purported to appoint the property by will. Tiny, the 19-year-old black and white cat, went missing four weeks ago when her owner was away visiting her daughter and her nephew was cat-sitting. Cardin is the nephew of Senator Ben Cardin and ran with his uncle putting all of his political resources behind him. My nephew opened a small deli restaurant in our shopping center. We had a beautiful ceremony, officiated by a justice of the peace, with our siblings as witnesses and my niece and nephew as flower girl and ring bearer. His mistake was to anger his nephew, who proclaimed a republic in a bloodless coup in 1973 while he was on an island off Naples, taking mud baths for his lumbago. Planning a garden with a child in mind, whether the child is your own, a niece or nephew, neighbors or a scout troop, gives you the opportunity to be a child again. Also indispensable in the making of Indian Opinion was Gandhi's nephew Chhaganlal, who was assigned a bania's duties of keeping the accounts and collecting the advertisements. As well as her parents and sister, she leaves a niece Kim and nephew Josh. He settled the succession on his nephew, Princess Fei-ti's son. My nephew Trevor is three, and he's a big fan of nose picking. In a revealing letter to his nephew, after three years of marriage, he confessed to some problems, but denied that the complexities of married life were unsurmountable. You might not think that's much of a compliment, but the movie is a good, solid actioner, and I wouldn't fight my nephew if he decided he just had to see it next week. Two years later, she and her husband were all-powerful, supporting their nephew as he took the reins of power. Kristin's greatest joy was being an aunty to her nephew Derek. There is a woman of easy virtue, also gleefully played by Jane Nash, who tries to entrap Bob and the usual subplot of the squire's nephew trying to anticipate his inheritance. My nephew said he saw a double decker bendy bus on the M62 the other week. In northwestern Badghis, the insurgents ambushed a tribal elder and his nephew in the Qadis district late Sunday, an official said. But members of fansite Jambos Kickback were stunned when it was revealed Creag and his nephew were made-up. That's because the restaurant is named in his honor by the owner, his nephew, presumably because Big Al loved barbecued food. Show More Sentences Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a nephew of the late Emperor Hirohito, left Tuesday for Turkey to observe archeological sites in the country. Showjumpers have spoken of their shock after the four-year-old nephew of a top rider died after being crushed by a horse. The set, which features Tolkien's own illustrations, was launched by the author's great nephew, Tim Tolkien. I was watching TV with my nephew the other morning when the Clangers came on. Kamal is dead now, but his nephew has taken up the matter, and there will be more horses amissing if the Khaiber Levies do not look to it. He got a crash course in babysitting when his sister dropped off his nephew for the afternoon. My husband reminded me that my 3-year-old nephew had earlier called me a doodie head. Ceawlin was deposed, perhaps by his successor, a nephew named Ceol, and died a year later. In 686 the South Saxons attacked Hlothhere, king of Kent, in support of his nephew Eadric, who afterwards became king of Kent. His nephew Edgar called himself King of the English and revived the claim to rule over all the peoples of Britain. Predeceased by brother Francic, sister Theresa, Mary, Christy, Kevin Forde and nephew John Humphrey. Richard's failure to provide an heir caused a succession crisis and conflict between supporters of the claim of his nephew, Arthur, and John. In 1197, Henry VI died and was replaced by Otto IV, Richard I's own nephew. Eight days later Richard's own nephew Henry II of Champagne was married to the widowed Isabella, although she was carrying Conrad's child. Richard forgave John when they met again and named him as his heir in place of their nephew, Arthur. Richard then set his affairs in order, bequeathing all his territory to his brother John and his jewels to his nephew Otto. He was eventually ousted in 1195 from his much reduced domain by his nephew Llywelyn. By proximity of blood, the nearest male relative of Charles IV was his nephew Edward III of England. The colour now rushed into Elizabeth's cheeks in the instantaneous conviction of its being a letter from the nephew. Rivers and his nephew Richard Grey were sent to Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire and executed there at the end of June. Show More Sentences Mary soon announced her intention to marry the Spanish prince Philip, son of her mother's nephew Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. At first convivial, Richard had Earl Rivers, his nephew Richard Grey and his associate Thomas Vaughan arrested. After Anne's death, however, Richard named another nephew, John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, the son of his elder sister Elizabeth. Before naming Matilda as heir, however, he had been in negotiations to name his nephew Stephen of Blois as his heir. David II died childless in 1371 and was succeeded by his nephew Robert II of the House of Stuart. In January 1939, Meitner and her nephew Otto Frisch astounded the physics community with a paper that explained this result. In 1644 he became chaplain to Prince Charles Louis, nephew of King Charles I, who was then in England. The succession of a sorcerer was from father to son, or from uncle to nephew. Arthur defeats Lucius in Gaul, but in his absence, his nephew Mordred seduces and marries Guinevere and seizes the throne. She finally returned to Portugal in March 1699, where she took care of and mentored her nephew, Prince John. She was a generous person who dedicated her life to her nieces and nephew, neither marrying nor returning to visit her relations in Cornwall. She died from bowel obstruction on October 1842, after a brief agony, comforted by her beloved nephew Branwell. His nephew recalled Uncle Eric laughing louder than anyone in the cinema at a Charlie Chaplin film. Morton's nephew, Matthew Vaughn, had been studying film production in Los Angeles. He was rivalled by the relatively poor but martial Bohemond of Taranto and his nephew Tancred from the Norman community of southern Italy. The chief mourners at the service at Hughenden on 26 April were his brother Ralph and nephew Coningsby, to whom Hughenden would eventually pass. Sullivan's oldest nephew, Herbert, stayed behind in England as his uncle's ward. He was my nephew as well, so what is that? Fratricide is brothers. Filicide is sons. Nepoticide. That's the one. It remained in the king's hands until 1312 when Robert the Bruce granted the earldom of Moray to his nephew, Thomas Randolph. As a nephew and supporter of King John, and as someone with a serious claim to the Scottish throne, Comyn was Bruce's enemy. Show More Sentences The Earl of Richmond, Edward's nephew, was to head up the subordinate government of Scotland. A celebrated single combat then took place between Bruce and Henry de Bohun who was the nephew of the Earl of Hereford. MacDonald later regained his position, but James IV again deprived him of his titles in 1493 after his nephew provoked a rebellion. Mortimer's nephew could be said to have had a greater claim to the English throne than Henry himself, so his speedy release was not an option. However his nephew Thomas Jones contested the will in the Court of Chancery. His brother, Mel Charles and nephew Jeremy Charles, also represented Wales. Hudson Heaven died in 1916, and was succeeded by his nephew, Walter Charles Hudson Heaven. The following year his nephew Arnulf of Carinthia, the illegitimate son of King Carloman of Bavaria, raised the standard of rebellion. Her nephew describes her as 'an orgulous and despotic woman', and it is clear that he noticed and resented her numerous unkindnesses. Phiros became related by marriage to Espan, the nephew of king Heracles, who also ruled over a kingdom in Spain. Smith's nephew, Clement Sawtell of Lincoln Square, Massachusetts, later inherited the ensign from his uncle. In November 887 his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia revolted and assumed the title as King of the East Franks. His successor was to be Otto IV, Richard's nephew, who put additional pressure on Philip. As a result, the imperial crown was given to his rival Otto IV, the nephew of King John. In his will, he adopted his nephew, which entitled the latter to inherit the entire estate. In any case, his appointment as prefect of the fleet at Misenum took him to this town, where he resided with his sister and nephew. His nephew, Pliny the Younger, provided an account of his death, obtained from the survivors. The nephew and his mother had decided not to go on the voyage across the bay. Eadred was succeeded by his nephew, Eadwig, the son of Edmund and Edgar's older brother. At first the uncle declined, but when a palki was sent for them, he and his nephew entered it. Show More Sentences Tristan's uncle eventually learns of the affair and seeks to entrap his nephew and his bride. His nephew, Sturla Sighvatsson, Snorri's political opponent, stepped in to marry her in 1223, the year before Snorri met Hallveig. Despite his plans for Matilda, the King was succeeded by his nephew, Stephen of Blois, resulting in a period of civil war known as the Anarchy. William FitzOsbern was the son of Osbern the Steward, a nephew of Duchess Gunnor, the wife of Duke Richard I of Normandy. The house was greatly extended in the 1770s by his great nephew Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet of Appuldurcombe. Mary died unmarried, leaving the estate in common between her nephew Maurice Bocland and her niece Jane wife of John Eyre. In 47, a struggle ensued amongst the Cherusci and they expelled their new leader, the nephew of Arminius, from their country. There, Alboin created the first Lombard duchy, which he entrusted to his nephew Gisulf. In the year 47 the Cherusci asked Rome to send Italicus, the nephew of Arminius, to become king, as civil war had destroyed their nobility. The loyalty of such legions is what allowed Marius himself, Sulla, and about 40 years later Marius' nephew Julius Caesar to march on Rome itself. Julius Caesar, member of the Populares, nephew of Gaius Marius, politician, writer, general, and Dictator, introduced the Julian Calendar. Princely succession moved from elder to younger brother and from uncle to nephew, as well as from father to son. In 1235, Snorri's nephew Sturla Sighvatsson also accepted vassalage under the king. He was succeeded by his nephew Justinian I in 527, who may already have exerted effective control during Justin's reign. A nephew of the last Emperor, Constantine XI, Andreas Palaiologos claimed to have inherited the title of Byzantine Emperor. Roger I's nephew, Roger Borsa, was the Duke of Apulia and Calabria, and his great nephew, Richard II of Capua, was the Prince of Capua. However, Zhu Di's nephew succeeded the imperial throne as the Jianwen Emperor. In 1340 he allied himself with Bayan's nephew Toqto'a, who was in discord with Bayan, and banished Bayan by coup. Nicholas V's nephew, Loukas Notaras, was Megas Doux of the Byzantine Empire. He was either a cousin or nephew of Abu Bakr ibn Umar, the founder of the Almoravid dynasty. Show More Sentences He became related by marriage to a certain Espan, the nephew of king Heracles, who also ruled over a kingdom in Spain. Ratsitatane, nephew of King Radama of Madagascar, was brought to Mauritius as a political prisoner. When Philip left for Madrid in 1583, he made his nephew Albert of Austria his viceroy in Lisbon. He was a Pomor, probably born in the village of Pinega, and the nephew of a Moscow merchant. Sandys made Hooker tutor to his son Edwin, and Richard also taught George Cranmer, the great nephew of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. Abraham Malpan sent his nephew, Deacon Mathews, to the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch to be consecrated as Bishop Mathews Mar Athanasius. Mathen, a motivated nephew of Abraham Malpan by his uncle's guidance and spiritual nurturing, went to Antioch and returned after two years. The election of William Henry Clarence as new chief, George Augustus Frederic II's nephew by his second sister, was not recognized by Nicaragua. From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Francis Bacon, to Redgrove. Kennedy, whose sister Kathleen Cavendish had married William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, the nephew of Macmillan's wife. Cave died on 10 January 1754, so that the mill passed to his brother William and his nephew Paul. Froude's work was attacked by Carlyle's family, especially his nephew, Alexander Carlyle and his niece, Margaret Aitken Carlyle. Tovey's nephew auditioned for the part of a younger Henry, but another child actor was cast for the role as the nephew was considered too young. My nephew is a little scamp who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders. His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter. I didn't think I'd be stepping on my sister's toes when I told my nephew to sit up straight at the dinner table. The duo will be accompanied by Austria's Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, conducted by Carreras' nephew, David Gimenez. In a telling anecdote, he relates introducing a northern nephew to a small-town South Carolinian. Rachel's bridesmaids were her sister Claire Manners and niece Amelia Manners, and her nephew Ralph Manners was her page boy. Alan Cooper has admitted stabbing his 14-year-old nephew to death, but denies murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Show More Sentences Sadly missed by her nephew Colin and his wife Bernie, by her great-nephews Richard and Robert and by all her relatives, friends and neighbours. He is also survived by brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, a nephew and several great-nieces and great-nephews. For example, the severity of punishment was different when a servant or nephew killed a master or an uncle than when a master or uncle killed a servant or nephew. The most powerful of Hongwu's sons, Zhu Di, then the militarily mighty disagreed with this, and soon a political showdown erupted between him and his nephew Jianwen. She raised a new army in Italy and convinced her nephew in Constantinople, the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II, to send an army to North Africa led by Aspar. In 14 CE, just after Augustus' death and the accession of his heir and stepson Tiberius, a massive raid was conducted by the new emperor's nephew Germanicus. Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon I, returned to France from exile in 1848, bringing a famous name that promised to stabilize the chaotic political situation. Anthony's son Sir Robert died in 1604, leaving it to his nephew Robert. He had a sister, Plinia, who married into the Caecilii and was the mother of his nephew, Pliny the Younger, whose letters describe his work and study regimen in detail. After the English Restoration in 1660, Charles II tried through diplomatic means to make his nephew, Prince William III of Orange, stadtholder of the Republic. He is the nephew of former Cardiff City footballer Chris Pike. In partnership with the lands administrator, his nephew and heir the Hon. Both concerns later fell into the hands of his nephew Richard Fothergill. Three were built by Socotran residents, whereas the fourth one belongs to Yahya Mohammed Saleh, a nephew of the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Watching my teenage nephew play football a couple of years back I was utterly disgusted by the thuggishness of some of the players he was faced with. However, he spared Richard's nephew and designated heir, the Earl of Lincoln, and he made Margaret Plantagenet, a Yorkist heiress, Countess of Salisbury sui juris. This left the field clear for Dafydd, but Dafydd himself died without issue in 1246 and was eventually succeeded by his nephew, Gruffydd's son, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. A civic park named Wilfred Owen Green was opened in the town in 2010 by his nephew Peter Owen and has a 40m labyrinth, one of the largest in the world. Dafydd's nemesis proved to be his nephew Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, born most likely in the year 1173 and therefore only a child when all these events were played out. Gladstone's private secretary was his nephew Spencer Lyttelton. Show More Sentences William FitzHerbert, nephew of King Stephen, found his position undermined by the collapsing political fortune of Stephen in the north of England, and was deposed by the Pope. After the death of his brother Fred in 1877, Sullivan supported Fred's large family financially for the rest of his life, effectively adopting his nephew Bertie. Khulubuse Zuma, nephew of South African President Jacob Zuma, has links in the documents to an offshore company with oil interests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dandolo's aim was to expand Venice's power in the eastern Mediterranean, and Philip intended to restore his exiled nephew, Alexios IV Angelos, to the throne of Byzantium. Though at least one biography of Virginia Woolf appeared in her lifetime, the first authoritative study of her life was published in 1972 by her nephew Quentin Bell. Pepper and an assortment of Cream Sodas to her nephew in Kansas. The protagonist of Hamlet is Prince Hamlet of Denmark, son of the recently deceased King Hamlet, and nephew of King Claudius, his father's brother and successor. Gainsborough's only known assistant was his nephew, Gainsborough Dupont. He excused himself from his nephew, ran a comb through his hair, buttoned up a clean shirt, and told his eight-year-old son to man the fort while he was gone. The earliest references to his parentage, in the Gesta, make him the son of Edith, a descendent of Oslac of York, and Leofric of Bourne, nephew of Ralph the Staller. He is finally behind bars because of the bravery of his nephew, Steven, who came out from the shadow of victimhood and anonymity to publicly accuse his tormentor. In late December 1535, sensing her death was near, Catherine made her will, and wrote to her nephew, the Emperor Charles V, asking him to protect her daughter. As the Pope was, at that time, the prisoner of Catherine's nephew, Emperor Charles V, following the Sack of Rome in May 1527, Knight had difficulty in obtaining access to him. In 1520, Catherine's nephew Holy Roman Emperor Charles V paid a state visit to England, and she urged Henry to enter an alliance with Charles rather than with France. My nephew came up for the summer with my brother and co-uncle George. My nephew plays football and I've seen much pushier parents at games. Charles's nephew Prince Rupert of the Rhine disagreed with the battle strategy of the royalist commander Lord Lindsey, and Charles sided with Rupert. Kennedy was introducing a different class of politics in Massachusetts and opening a Tong rivalry with House Speaker John McCormack and his nephew Edward. Roger Honeybun, whose nine-year-old great nephew died of asthma, cycled I000 kilometres along State Highway I last month, visiting nine centres on his travels. Clement also feared the wrath of Catherine's nephew, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, whose troops earlier that year had sacked Rome and briefly taken the Pope prisoner. Show More Sentences This bias was perhaps the result of pressure from Charles V, Catherine's nephew, though it is not clear how far this influenced either Campeggio or the Pope. After his son's death, he had initially named his nephew Edward, Earl of Warwick, Clarence's young son and the nephew of Queen Anne Neville, as his heir. However, after becoming king, Richard began moulding his nephew, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln, to manage the north, passing over Northumberland for the position. He attainted those who refused to submit to his rule, such as Jasper Tudor and his nephew Henry, naming them traitors and confiscating their lands. Wedding day festivities included a bridesmaids' luncheon at the home of Cherie Bond and a groom's brunch hosted by Chan and Rexine Henry of Jackson in honor of their nephew. Bishop Compton died in 1713 and the manuscript passed to his nephew, Gen. He took a nephew, John Sharp, into partnership about 1760, but John died in 1766, and Richard Sharp now faced a crisis in securing the future of his firm. The boss appointing his nephew as a director reeks of nepotism. Beswick contracted with his nephew was for the benefit of Mrs. Examples from Classical Literature And that from an old bachelor, with uncountable money-bags, to his only nephew! He was beginning to be more afraid and more distrustful of his nephew than ever. This gentleman was, as she told me, the nephew of Mr. Curtis, and his reputed heir. She reaped her reward in gaining the services of the Danish oda and his nephew Oswald. He was succeeded in the peerage by his nephew, who, however, inherits only the viscounty. He stared, open-mouthed, after his nephew and niece, and then turned slowly to his friend. That's a scurvy welcome to give a nephew you haven't seen for eighteen years. Tell me, nephew, I'll let you in on the Buns in spite of any blot on your scutcheon. Segni was nephew of the Gonfalonier Capponi, and shared the anxieties of the moderate liberals during the siege of Florence. Among them was a younger brother of La Salle, with an ecclesiastic called M. Cavalier, and also a nephew. The palatine and his nephew are still with us, and we are daily expecting other guests. It was arranged that he should pass as a nephew of Madame Boyer, the cousin of Marie. The squire and his nephew were wrong in supposing that Crosbie was unpunished. My nephew, not only aiding and abetting these ruffians, but seeking to palliate their crimes! The oath that we take on the 2nd of December, nephew of the 18th Brumaire, is sacrosanct! The nephew decided in favor of both, while I expressed a desire to see the fugal theme worked out for the purpose mentioned. But Daedalus, instead of being proud of his nephew, was angrier than before. I studied astronomy under a relation of the famous Schiller, and alchemy from a nephew of jang Stilling. To his nephew, Sam Moffett, visiting him one day, he declared that it would take ten men to count the profits from the typesetter. Dionysodorus rejoins that Iolaus was no more the nephew of Heracles than of Socrates. Show More Sentences On account of the plot to kill him which was discovered by Paul's nephew he was sent away under heavy guard to Caesarea. The fictitious nephew Fitzvictor was apparently a son of the Victor who had but recently collaborated with the peccant Cazire. Strangely enough, she did not judge him for posing as Major Calvert's nephew. This young fellow was a nephew of hongi, the powerful head chief of the Ngapuhi tribe. Get your weight right forward on the splashboard now that we are going uphill, nephew. And then he pledged himself to hypothecate his entire fortune to the rescue of his worthless nephew. Zanetti was the librarian of St. Marks and the nephew of the famous chiaroscurist. Another nephew had become the heir, and was now a judge in an inferior court. He embraced his nephew, called Luquin and Larame to cany him, and went out with Reine. His nephew was securely disposed of for the night, being fastened in his chamber. And then, placing an arm on the shoulders of his nephew, he conducted him to the triclinium. On his death-bed he charged his nephew to protect and cherish me as a sister. The uncle, however, so far had pity for his vanquished nephew as to appoint him to the governorship of the city of Kolomna. It shows what a nice disposition you have, to come to me to-day, after the way my nephew made me kowtow to you yesterday. After some talk he agreed to take seventy krans as his share, the rest to be given to his nephew at the end of the journey. He left no son, but the marquessate was again revived in 1825, for his nephew the 14th earl, whose heir is the present marquess. The nephew of Count Pallavicini received an arrow wound in the jugular vein and died within an hour. He then went up beside his nephew, while Fred, bristling with excitement, hastened to the toolroom. Perhaps nephew bassi would have liked some of the good things that were heaped on nephew Riario. After Absalom's rebellion David foolishly and unjustly offered the commandership of the army to his nephew Amasa. Show More Sentences This is now replaced as a common noun by the French word nephew, but it survives in the surname Neave. His nephew, with his coat stripped off, was sitting on the side of the bed. His mother was my cousin-german, madam, and I cannot say how soon I may call him my nephew. In its fifth proviso, the old man mentioned his nephew George. Why, master, thou dost bestow buffets from thy strapping nephew as though they were love taps from some bouncing lass. What a head, senora Dona Perfecta, what a head your young nephew has! But suppose I don't know anything except you're jasper's nephew? What'd you think of Marbek claiming young Kelso as a nephew? George Bartram, nephew of the Admiral, and now staying on a short visit in the house at German Place. Upon the whole, her ladyship humanely decided that her nephew was rather to be pitied than blamed. John Feversham, the nephew, was almost the antipodes of his uncle. Find more words! 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