Willie

[ wil-ee ]

noun

1. a male given name, form of William.
2. a female given name.

Example Sentences

Sheriff Willie March told ProPublica that he believes four of the defendants were involved in a similar crime that occurred approximately a month earlier.

From ProPublica

I go by Willie, Willie Ray — either one — but they called me Man.

From Ozy

After their first date, Willie had to leave town to visit family, but he and Renee kept texting.

From Washington Post

When Willie’s mother died, Renee accompanied him to the funeral.

From Washington Post

North of Los Angeles, Tedra Williams’s 85-year-old father, Willie, a dementia patient who spent a year at the Oxnard Manor Healthcare Center, died in September 2019.

From Washington Post

But Willie Watson is a throwback to the days of Woody Guthrie and early Bob Dylan.

From The Daily Beast

To this day, Bush media maven Roger Ailes adamantly denies that he or the campaign had any role in the Willie Horton mug shot ad.

From The Daily Beast

And to this day, liberals in the political world use the name “Willie Horton” to describe an appeal to primal racial fears.

From The Daily Beast

Willie Nelson and Norah Jones May-December fireplace flirting.

From The Daily Beast

Have we become a nation of Veruca Salts from “Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory,” who are unbearably demanding?

From The Daily Beast

If Wee Willie Winkie took an interest in anyone, the fortunate man was envied alike by the mess and the rank and file.

From Project Gutenberg

“Bye-bye, Willie,” sang out Harvey, looking back and waving his cap derisively.

From Project Gutenberg

You wad think she never had heard o' Willie Broonclod, the packman, that she sloped when she left doon the country.

From Project Gutenberg

That led to a rather anxiously sustained talk about regimen, and Willie told us how he had profited by the no-breakfast system.

From Project Gutenberg

"Nine," said John Willie Garden contemptuously, with his mouth full of cranpogs and jam.

From Project Gutenberg