Thurber

[ thur-ber ]

noun

1. James (Gro·ver) [groh, -ver], 1894–1961, U.S. writer, caricaturist, and illustrator.

Thurber

/ ˈθɜːbə /

noun

1. ThurberJames (Grover)18941961MUSWRITING: humorous writerARTS AND CRAFTS: illustrator 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

Example Sentences

Thurber smartly leans into the inherent ridiculousness of his endeavor—as well as has Reynolds make a couple of overt cracks about it—without letting things tip into parody.

From The Daily Beast

As Kenney launched into the work, a humorous declamation from Thurber, one of them interrupted with a criticism.

From The Daily Beast

He finished his surprising last show by reading a short story by James Thurber.

From The Daily Beast

Especially when you look at the other side of the bracket and see bookish James Thurber.

From The Daily Beast

While Clancy has obviously sold more books that Thurber, only one of them is in the Modern Library.

From The Daily Beast

Batteries were ordered up—Thompson's and Thurber's—and the whole column was shelled as it passed.

From Project Gutenberg

The little black-headed snowbird, Thurber's junco, is the most common of all the Tahoe birds.

From Project Gutenberg

My next meeting with the men who looked so kindly after the "cohabs" was at Thurber.

From Project Gutenberg

Thurber has a drug department, and advertises them at 'a grocer's profit.'

From Project Gutenberg

I had again been for a load of salt, returning with a four-horse team, and had reached Thurber when my son William R. overtook me.

From Project Gutenberg