7 sentences with 'named'
Example sentences and phrases with the word named and other words derived from it.
• « The next day a vivacious nurse's aide named Emory Smith, who had fought in the Gulf War, arrived. »
• « He always takes the bull by the horns, so the second day I was on the back of a quarter-mile gelding named Josh. »
• « A notable descendant of Australopithecus was Homo erectus, named after the fact that it was the first hominin to walk upright. It also benefited from a brain three-quarters the size of the modern human equivalent. »
• « The next great Mesopotamian empire was the "Ur III" dynasty, named after the city-state of Ur, which served as its capital and was founded around 2112 BC. »
• « This pharaoh was named Hatshepsut; she originally ruled as regent (i.e. someone who is supposed to rule until the young king comes of age) for her stepson, but then claimed the title of pharaoh and ruled immediately. »
• « The most significant of these games were the Olympics, named after Olympia, the site in southern Greece where they were held every four years. They began in 776 BC and ended in 393 AD, in other words, they lasted more than 1,000 years. »