Nye
noun
Edgar Wilson Bill Nye, 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
Nye
American
[nahy]
/ naɪ /
nye
British
/ naɪ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of nye
C15: from Old French ni, from Latin nīdus nest
Example Sentences
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The Sparks kept their foot on the gas in the fourth quarter despite playing without Cameron Brink, Dearica Hamby and Aaliyah Nye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Jordana Nye accompanied them to the stage, wearing an ocean blue blouse and purple skirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Nye said finding out the details of what happened to his brother had been "awful".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Nye said: "He would call her every day. Without fail."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“But while he was in Lansing you wrote him frequently. Or so the Kansas authorities tell us,” Nye said.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
A day before New Year’s Eve, she posted on Twitter: “wdym i have to call the restaurants?? pls no i’d rather cook all day for nye than make phone calls.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
The vowels are magnificently mangled, so that “How now, brown cow” sounds like “Hye nye, brine kye.”
From Newsweek ● Jul. 11, 2011
Methynke, alas, that I must be gone To make my rekenynge, and my dettes paye; For I se my tyme is nye spent awaye.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Ekene nke udo—ezigbo nwanne m nye m aka gi.”
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The tame rose hath many leuys sette nye togyder: and ben all red, other almost white: wt wonder good smell....
From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
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