Doyle


Sir Arthur Conan
[kaw-nuh n,, koh-] /ˈkɔ nən,, ˈkoʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1859–1930, British physician, novelist, and detective-story writer.
Contemporary Examples

What I want to no,” writes the semi-literate Doyle, “is what is the whole stinking business for.
American Dreams, 1933: Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West Nathaniel Rich April 28, 2013

Doyle, officially a contractor, said he was told that he was being let go as part of a program of layoffs at the New Mexico lab.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama’s Nuclear Agenda Center for Public Integrity July 30, 2014

Doyle said he conducts weekly flyovers of the Yearning for Zion ranch.
The New Polygamists on the Block: Warren Jeffs’s FLDS on the Move? Matthew DeLuca December 3, 2012

Fearey told him he needed to balance his anti-nuclear views with pro-nuclear arguments, Doyle recalls.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama’s Nuclear Agenda Center for Public Integrity July 30, 2014

Doyle also pressed Gibbs for the name of the person at HASC who raised questions about his article.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama’s Nuclear Agenda Center for Public Integrity July 30, 2014

Historical Examples

Among these writers three have conspicuous merit—Doyle, Winsor, and Fiske.
England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler

“Doyle, you go with Lieutenant Barclay,” the colonel of the staff said.
The Young Franc Tireurs G. A. Henty

Doyle gave evidence in this, as in the former case, declaring that Wileman and he committed the fact together.
Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward

Doyle, in his “Sherlock Holmes” stories, is a worthy successor of Poe.
Short Story Writing Charles Raymond Barrett

I’m looking into the future, and doing what will be best for Mr. Doyle in the long run.
The Simpkins Plot George A. Birmingham

noun
See Conan Doyle

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