Garfield

[ gahr-feeld ]

/ ˈgɑrˌfild /

James Abram,1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.

a city in NE New Jersey.

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for garfield

The Garfield specials are also unique for their deadpan delivery and oftentimes bleak worldview.

Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons |Rich Goldstein |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Perhaps made doubly frightening because not only does the old man frighten Garfield and Odie, but he steals their candy as well.

Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons |Rich Goldstein |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Also making appearances in the early Garfield specials are the original Bilbo Baggins, Orson Bean, and a pre-Cheers George Wendt.

Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons |Rich Goldstein |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Garfield the cat occupies an understated and often overlooked position critical to the history of televised animation.

Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons |Rich Goldstein |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

It was the 1985 Halloween special that set an animated Garfield ahead of its contemporary competitors.

Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons |Rich Goldstein |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Garfield would never go by anything without understanding it.

From Canal Boy to President |Horatio Alger, Jr.
Jordan was immediately sent for, and, notwithstanding his uncanny appearance, Garfield was at once prepossessed in his favor.

The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield |Emma Elizabeth Brown
John would have liked to throw up Garfield, but the "machine" forced John to keep him on his stomach.

The Honest American Voter's Little Catechism for 1880 |Blythe Harding
Garfield grieved to think Sherman would misunderstand him, and was apprehensive as to the feeling of the New York delegation.

McClure's Magazine, Volume VI, No. 3. February 1896 |Various
The next morning, Garfield left Chicago for his home in Mentor.

The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield |Emma Elizabeth Brown

Garfield

/ (ˈɡɑːˌfiːld) /

James Abram. 1831–81, 20th president of the US (1881); assassinated in office