Joyce

[jois]

noun

1. James (Augustine Aloysius), 1882–1941, Irish novelist.

2. William Lord Haw-Haw, 1906–46, U.S. and English Nazi propagandist in Germany.

3. a female or male given name: from a French word meaning “joy.”

Joyce

/ dʒɔɪs /

noun

1. James ( Augustine Aloysius ). 1882–1941, Irish novelist and short-story writer. He profoundly influenced the development of the modern novel by his use of complex narrative techniques, esp stream of consciousness and parody, and of compound and coined words. His works include the novels Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939) and the short stories Dubliners (1914)

2. William, known as Lord Haw-Haw. 1906–46, British broadcaster of Nazi propaganda to Britain, who was executed for treason

Example Sentences

Joyce and I met the old-fashioned way: online.

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Among the first fans to make it back to Truro are John and Tom Joyce.

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Family resources and support, student attitudes and beliefs about their own academic abilities are “associated with homework completion,” wrote education professor Joyce L. Epstein, in an analysis of homework research.

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Uninsured consumers, however, have to be more savvy, Joyce said, “because the price they face can vary dramatically from pharmacy to pharmacy.”

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Joyce Cooper, director of branch library services for the library, said in an interview that the Palisades Branch Library held more than 34,000 items, including books, audiobooks, DVDs and CDs.

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