Irons
noun
Jeremy (John), born 1948, English actor.
Irons
American
[ahy-ernz]
/ ˈaɪ ərnz /
noun
irons
1
British
/ ˈaɪənz /
plural noun
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fetters or chains (often in the phrase in or into irons )
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nautical (of a sailing vessel) headed directly into the wind without steerageway
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to be involved in many projects, activities, etc
Irons
2
British
/ ˈaɪənz /
noun
Example Sentences
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Lynch, and if his lush Britishness has a viewer thinking about Jeremy Irons, they’ve both done “Lion Kings,” Mr. Irons the original, Mr. Lynch on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Guardiola ended Saturday's post-match news conference by saying "come on you Irons", before gesturing the Hammers symbol with his arms crossed above his head.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Mr. Irons is a credit to his family, playing Mycroft with the right balance of bemusement with his brother and the stuffiness that befits a member of the Foreign Office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Stephanie Irons was found dead by emergency services after they were called to an address in Westdale Lane West, Mapperley, at 22:07 BST on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
In Noel’s blood, the cells had morphed, mysteriously, into shriveled, scythe-shaped crescents—“sickle cells,” as Irons later described them.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
They’re such a fervent bunch that he expects protesters at next year’s Masters if the rumors are true and gnomes go the way of wood-shafted irons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The five-time major winner from Northern Ireland switched to cavity-back irons for last December's Australian Open and two events this year in Dubai but is back to familiar equipment this week.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
The ruling irons out recent judicial efforts to protect California convicts from what Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu called “cascading consequences” of administrative debt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
After all, this is a company with multiple irons on the fire — and one that is largely responsible for consumers’ embrace of online shopping.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025
The girls armed themselves with sticks and small rocks, curling irons and bottles of tanner.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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