Henley

¹ American  

[hen-lee] / ˈhɛn li /

Or henley

noun

• Henleys
  plural

1. a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.

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Henley ² American  

[hen-lee] / ˈhɛn li /

noun

1. Beth (Becker), born 1952, U.S. playwright.

2. William Ernest, 1849–1903, English poet, critic, and editor.

3. Henley-on-Thames.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Henleys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Henley

After a style traditionally worn by rowers at Henley-on-Thames

Example Sentences

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Henley Henleys

New York manager Rocky Henley noted that most players are going to have to play multiple positions, including pitch, because teams have just 15-player rosters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Henley and six other defendants charged in the case are scheduled to go to trial in February 2027.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Henley, a lecturer from the University of Auckland, has studied netball deeply, both locally and globally.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

More rich Americans are seeking residency and citizenship programs abroad than any other nationality, says Basil Mohr-Elzeki, head of private clients Americas at London migration specialist Henley & Partners.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Some three years before, he had been born—the strongest of a litter of five—in a burrow outside a cottage garden near Cole Henley.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

To most adults, let alone children, the situations the Henleys face every day would be hard to bear.

From BBC ● May 30, 2012

All the Henleys have become caregivers for Mike, bolstered by the aides who come to their house every day since he entered hospice care.

From BBC ● May 30, 2012

The Henleys went from living on two salaries to one.

From BBC ● May 30, 2012

The small green-bound Henleys stand in a row.

From Nights Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Frank had come down with the Henleys, and seen them all driving off in the carriages and carts that had come down to meet them from the Court.

From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray