A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.
My neighbor was named to the steering committee.
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Used in the Middle of Sentence
Him, for his exploits exc'ellent to reward, God gave in shortest space a gallant son, whose arm to 'noble and enfame was fain the warlike name of Lusitania's reign.
The best-characterized yeast prionogenic proteins are Sup35 and Ure2p, which, in their aggregated state, form two cytosolic inheritable elements named PSI+ and URE3, respectively.
Beating up on shitpuddles like you is comparable to a basic food group in alt.peeves, and you're just a name at the end of the list.
Used in the Beginning of Sentence
Names of this sort, theophorous or basilophorous, were regularly given to foreigners residing in Egypt from the New Kingdom onwards, if not earlier; even Joseph was no exception.
Used in the Ending of Sentence
As soon as I straighten out which of the twins is which, I'll start calling them by their names.
Soapberries are rich enough in saponin to be used as soap substitute, hence their name.
Conceived in that journey, I was born in space. A child so birthed in desolations, homeless between yestermorrow and noon's midnight must have a proper name.
Meaning of name for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "name" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.