Holmes Synonyms

United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. oliver wendell holmes jr
  2. oliver wendell holmes
English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. arthur holmes
A fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sherlock-holmes

Holmes Sentence Examples

  • As Dean entered the house, Sherlock Holmes was lecturing Watson in a voice sounding very much like Basil Rathbone while a radio across the room was play­ing soft music.

  • Holmes, Ancient Britain (1907), appendix, identifies the Cassiterides with the British Isles.

  • Holmes (Caesar's Conquest of Gaul, 1899), who comes to the conclusion that "when the Reman delegates told Caesar that the Belgae were descended from the Germans, they probably only meant that the ancestors of the Belgic conquerors had formerly dwelt in Germany, and this is equally true of the ancestors of the Gauls who gave their name to the Celtae; but, on the other hand, it is quite possible that in the veins of some of the Belgae flowed the blood of genuine German forefathers."

  • The convict lease system was abolished by the constitution of 1890 (the provision to take effect on the 31st of December 1894), and state farms were purchased in Rankin, Hinds and Holmes counties.

  • In some instances colleges are supported entirely by one county, as is the Holmes Chapel College, Cheshire; in others a college is supported by several affiliated counties, as in the case of the agricultural department of the University College, Reading, which acts in connexion with the counties of Berks, Oxon, Hants and Buckingham.

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