Desmond

[ dez-muh nd ]

/ ˈdɛz mənd /

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for desmond

Desmond Diggs is the founder of Teach for Liberia, an organization that provides young Liberians with educational opportunities.

Ebola Tweets Are Missing the Target |Kevin Zawacki |August 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was looking at the biblical length of South Africans waiting in line to vote that Wednesday morning.

Chris Matthews Remembers Nelson Mandela |MSNBC |December 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
We were, our own beloved Archbishop Desmond Tutu told us, “the rainbow children of God.”

Mandela: The Last Good Man |Mark Gevisser |December 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The shaky two-minute video shows Rudyard, Desmond, and Oscar, dressed in tiny bonnets, wrapped in blankets.

Parents of Stillborn Babies Post Hundreds of Memorials to YouTube |Brandy Zadrozny |November 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Ezra Klein interviews Desmond Lachman on Cyprus and the Euro.

Europe Is Full of Unique, Bad Situations |Megan McArdle |March 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He was a mighty promising tackle last year until Desmond got damaged and we had to have a full-back in a hurry.

Full-Back Foster |Ralph Henry Barbour
Both the colonel and Helen understood Mrs. Desmond's meaning.

Unlucky |Caroline Austin
The stick merely grazed the dog's shoulder in passing; and Desmond almost lost his balance from the unresisted force of the blow.

Captain Desmond, V.C. |Maud Diver
"I am going down stairs, Mr. Desmond," she replied coldly, and trying to wrench her hand away.

Little Golden's Daughter |Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
The other did not reply, but stood looking at him, in so strange and earnest a way, that Desmond felt almost uneasy.

In the Irish Brigade |G. A. Henty

Desmond

/ (ˈdɛzmənd) /

15th Earl of, title of Gerald Fitzgerald . died 1583, Anglo-Irish nobleman, who led a Catholic rebellion (1579) against English domination of Ireland