Hemingway

American  

[hem-ing-wey] / ˈhɛm ɪŋˌweɪ /

noun

1. Ernest (Miller), 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.

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Hemingway British  

/ ˈhɛmɪŋˌweɪ /

noun

1. Ernest. 1899–1961, US novelist and short-story writer. His novels include The Sun Also Rises (1926), A Farewell to Arms (1929), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), and The Old Man and the Sea (1952): Nobel prize for literature 1954

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Example Sentences

Cervecería Alemana is next and Ernest Hemingway followed in the churro-filled footsteps of Valle-Inclán as regulars of this establishment.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

Hemingway famously described a character going bankrupt “gradually, then suddenly.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Writing about the fortifying effect of pairing oysters with cold white wine in “A Moveable Feast,” Ernest Hemingway declared, “I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Thomas Harris grew up in the South as a bookish outcast, reading the works of Ernest Hemingway and Jonathan Swift.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

One of Nan’s favorite quotes from that Hemingway guy floated back to me, the inspiration for Relocation Rule Number 17.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry