Byrd

[ US /ˈbɝd/ ]
NOUN
  1. explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)
  2. English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
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How To Use Byrd In A Sentence

  • I do like listening to some music, notably Tudorbethan church music there was an excellent programme on Tallis and Byrd on over the weekend - you can still catch it as I write on iPlayer. Archive 2009-09-01
  • West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd called the inbreeding joke "an insult to all Americans. CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2008
  • Byrd held on to his vision of the Senate as a place that should be subject to veto by a minority, as a counterweight to populist majoritarianism. Carl Pope: Farewell to an Unlikely Hero
  • Pre-1575 Byrd is unevenly represented on record, and to experience its various facets you will have to assemble many scattered performances.
  • Admiral Byrd stated that the North and South Poles are only two of many openings into the center of the Earth.
  • The American aviator Richard Byrd flew over the South Pole in 1929.
  • Byrd had a long history of antiblack racism early in his career, as the Farewell to Another 'Legend'
  • SO I guess John McCain "forgot" when he did EXACTLY THE SAME THING to Sen. Robert Byrd in the debate over the build-up to the Iraq war? Al Franken's senate shut down
  • Though Bruce Springsteen's gruff bark is an uncomfortable fit with Davies's camp quaver, they recast Better Things as a Byrdsy ramble that's an improvement on the original's clumping new wave. Ray Davies: See My Friends - review
  • He notes the deaths of William Byrd, David Gwinn, and Robert Tayloe, master of the Corbin, which is being repaired on the bank of Corotoman Creek. Letter from Robert Carter to Thomas Corbin, 1705 February 26
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