Irving

American  

[ur-ving] / ˈɜr vɪŋ /

noun

1. Sir Henry John Henry Brodribb, 1838–1905, English actor.

2. John, born 1942, U.S.-Canadian novelist, born in the United States.

3. Washington, 1783–1859, U.S. essayist, story writer, and historian.

4. a city in northeastern Texas, near Dallas.

5. a male given name.

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Irving British  

/ ˈɜːvɪŋ /

noun

1. Sir Henry. real name John Henry Brodribb. 1838–1905, English actor and manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London (1878–1902)

2. Washington. 1783–1859, US essayist and short-story writer, noted for The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1820), which contains the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Example Sentences

“The demand drivers are clear: Virtually every AI workload, from training, inference, agentic AI to physical AI, creates data that is stored persistently and cost-efficiently on HDDs,” CEO Irving Tan said in the earnings release.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The Irving, Texas-headquartered group reported earnings per share of $5.54 in the three months ending March 31, compared to analysts’ forecasts of $4.65, according to data compiled by FactSet.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Anta has signed basketball players like Klay Thompson and Kyrie Irving but deals of the kind that earned Nike or Adidas their brand are yet to happen.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

“In my wildest dreams I never thought we’d be here in my lifetime,” said Dr. Lawrence Lustig, a hearing specialist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center who helped lead the trial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Shouted to the Washington Irving Junior High School Brass Quintet that they’d have to go practice somewhere else—Now!—which they did, in a hurry.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt