Henley
1 Americannoun
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Henleys
plural
noun
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Beth (Becker), born 1952, U.S. playwright.
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William Ernest, 1849–1903, English poet, critic, and editor.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Henley
After a style traditionally worn by rowers at Henley-on-Thames
Example Sentences
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Why don’t I diversify where I can live?’” said Basil Mohr-Elzeki, a managing partner at Henley & Partners, a residency and citizenship firm with an office in Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Henley, a lecturer from the University of Auckland, has studied netball deeply, both locally and globally.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Henley said netball initially encouraged teamwork, alongside having "a hell of a good time".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
For now, he is helping San Diego Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley, a Crenshaw graduate, coach his youth football team ages 12 and 13.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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
The Henleys went from living on two salaries to one.
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
To most adults, let alone children, the situations the Henleys face every day would be hard to bear.
From BBC ● May 30, 2012
Philip was at breakfast with the Henleys, on the following morning, a Sunday,—or rather, sitting at the breakfast-table, when the letters were brought in.
From The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte Mary Yonge
She thought of the Henleys parting from their son, and envied them.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
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