Jolie

/ (ʒɔli) /

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noun

Angelina Jolie (Voight), born 1975, US actor and campaigner for humanitarian causes: her films include Girl Interrupted (1999), Lara Croft, Tomb Raider (2001), and A Mighty Heart (2007)

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Words nearby Jolie

jokey, joking, Jokjakarta, joky, jol, Jolie, jolie laide, Joliet, Joliette, Joliot-Curie, Jolivet

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How to use Jolie in a sentence

Angelina Jolie was able to seemingly glide into the Vatican on Thursday to present her new film ‘Unbroken.’
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After the screening, Jolie, who says she renewed her faith in “the divine” during filming, met briefly with the pope.
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Finally, he landed a meeting with Jolie and conveyed his respect for “The Greatest Generation.”
Angelina Jolie’s New Muse: The Rise of Jack O’Connell, Star of the WWII Epic ‘Unbroken’|Marlow Stern|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cast Angelina Jolie in that role with Brad Pitt as the cave hubbie, and maybe we have a blockbuster in the making.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World?|Ted Gioia|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

My beef is not with Jolie, whom I congratulate on her work, and admire as human being simply trying to do a little bit of good.
WTF Is Damgelina Doing At The Palace?|Tom Sykes|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Très jolie plante, mais d'une culture difficile" (Vilmorin).
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare|Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
He said: "Elle n'est pas vraiment jolie, mais elle a une jolie taille, de beaux yeux, et des perles."
Overlooked|Maurice Baring
This little house in the Rue Jolie was a strange, lonely place.
The Chink in the Armour|Marie Belloc Lowndes
He then said to me, "Ma foi, son portrait ne la flatte pas; elle est encore plus jolie que lui."
The Surrender of Napoleon|Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland.
Il est gentil ce monsieur Dick, et present que je le regarde—vraiment il a une assez jolie tournure.
Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected|Anna Jameson