Heaney

[ hey-nee ]

/ ˈheɪ ni /

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noun

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[shey-muhs], /ˈʃeɪ məs/, 1939–2013, Irish poet: Nobel Prize 1995.

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How to use Heaney in a sentence

To return to Heaney once more, his caution that you must be “expertly civil-tongued with civil neighbours” rings heavy here.
The Complex History Behind Belfast—and Its Echoes in Present-Day Northern Ireland|Alison Garden|November 11, 2021|Time
Seamus Heaney, among many other things, embodied that central principle: his comic sense was gleefully sharp, but it was not mean.
Robert Pinsky: The Comedy of Seamus Heaney|Robert Pinsky|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mischievous, more bite than bark in the sense that it was mordant with minimal rhetoric, Heaney was not genteel.
Robert Pinsky: The Comedy of Seamus Heaney|Robert Pinsky|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And I have never known anyone with a finer sense of occasion than Seamus Heaney.
Robert Pinsky: The Comedy of Seamus Heaney|Robert Pinsky|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A month ago, the Nobel Prize–winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney died at age 74.
Robert Pinsky: The Comedy of Seamus Heaney|Robert Pinsky|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
One might watch and wait for years “balanced between destiny and dread,” Heaney wrote.
The Coalition of the Unwilling|Christopher Dickey|September 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Major Heaney went by special train from Kimberley, and Mr. Holden on horseback across country.
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British Dictionary definitions for Heaney

Heaney

/ (ˈhiːnɪ) /

noun

Seamus (Justin) (ˈʃeɪməs). Born 1939, Irish poet and critic, born in Northern Ireland. His collections include Death of a Naturalist (1966), North (1975), The Haw Lantern (1987), The Spirit Level (1996), District and Circle (2006), and Human Chain (2010). Nobel prize for literature 1995

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