August
[ˈɔːɡəst]
Definition:
1. The 8th month of the year, between July and September.
2. Of or befitting a lord.
3. Profoundly honored.
'August' example sentence:
- August is still an awfully long way away.
- Grouse shooting begins in August.
- It soon emerged that neither the July nor August mortgage repayment had been collected.
- Germany declared war on France on 1 August 1914.
- The number of corporate bankruptcies climbed in August.
- The Great War started in August of that year.
- He was probably the most august figure in the house of lords.
- Being so near the august person of the Empress, he was overcome with awe.
- It's a hot august afternoon.
- There is little chance of a revival in new car sales until at least August next year.
- It is on August 3rd.
- Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 per cent.
- Jack is an august soldier.
- The trial will resume on August the twenty-second.
- The registration form showed his date of birth as August 2, 1979.
- Negotiators from the three countries finalized the agreement in August.
- The world premiere took place in August 1956.
- Not uncommonly, there is a great deal of rain in August.
- This August has been the wettest for four years.
- Until August of this year there was no complete translation of the New Testament in Mongolian.
- This place is lousy with tourists in August.
- I'm leaving in August.
- The autumn begins about August.
- New consumer credit fell to$ 3.7 billion in August.
- Sales of new homes fell by 1.4 per cent in August.
- New consumer credit fell to $3.7 billion in August.
- The peace talks have been deadlocked over the issue of human rights since August.
- August is the eighth month.
- This area of France has a pleasing climate in August.
- August bears us all away.
- Average earnings in the economy moved up another notch in August.
- Diplomatic relations were frozen until August this year.
- Take cuttings from it in July or August.
- By mid-August the book was a bestseller.
- You need to enrol before the end of August.
- In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.
- He came back last August.
- I arrived home in August.
- The committee formally disbanded in August.
- Autumn starts with August.
- It was late August and the harvest had been safely gathered in.
- It will begin in August.
- Troops invaded on August 9th that year.
- They throng the beaches between late June and early August.
- He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September.
- The climax came one sultry August evening.
- The call-up of National Guard and reserve units begun in late August.
- The player is contracted to play until August.
- August registrations have gone ballistic, accounting now for a quarter of the annual total.
- I'd advise buying your tickets well in advance if you want to travel in August.
- He was bailed to appear on 26 August.