Sentence examples for use a last name from inspiring English sources

Like Emjay, Belinda does not use a last name.

"Use a last name on Staten Island, and it's always the same.

You see the same swagger in Ichiro - who, like Madonna, doesn't even feel compelled to use a last name.

But using a last name can be a sign of affectionate familiarity or even respect.

Ina, who owns Ina -- yes, the store is eponymous, and no, she never uses a last name -- sized up the line of several hundred people, which stretched down the block and around the corner, onto Elizabeth Street, in the neighborhood known as NoLIta, for north of Little Italy.

Using a last name from a popular movie or band among scene kids.

Using a last name is more formal and should be used unless you are on first-name terms with the recipient.

Edison, a jazz musician who also uses Appaloosa as a last name, hasn't fared so well.

Use a first name as a last name.

It was unclear whether Benjamin was used as a first or a last name.

Her father was the man who stood on one finger — therefore 'Unus.' ") But when I wrote to Barbette in Austin (my friends' informant said that he used the name Barbette as a last name, and that his first name was Vander), he didn't answer, and, fearing he might not be there, I asked Vivante to drive over from the university and inquire.