Thurber

American  

[thur-ber] / ˈθɜr bər /

noun

1. James (Grover) 1894–1961, U.S. writer, caricaturist, and illustrator.

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Thurber British  

/ ˈθɜːbə /

noun

1. James ( Grover ). 1894–1961, US humorist and illustrator. He contributed drawings and stories to the New Yorker and his books include Is Sex Necessary? (1929), written with E. B. White

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Example Sentences

He is author of the essay book "I Wouldn't Do That If I Were Me," published in 2022, and his 2015 bestseller “Little Victories” was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thurber noted that Obama and Biden required their appointees to comply with an ethics pledge to avoid conflicts of interest.

From Salon

“She had a will of steel, but she also had a lot of grace and warmth,” said Thurber, “and that’s not always the case with speakers.”

From Los Angeles Times

My first school production was an adaptation of “A Thurber Carnival,” a James Thurber revue.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We observed that some species of coral seem to remember exposure to past marine heat waves and maintain a higher level of health in subsequent heat waves," Vega Thurber said.

From Science Daily