Willis

[ wil-is ]

noun

1. a male given name, form of William.

Willis

/ ˈwɪlɪs /

noun

1. WillisNorman (David)1933MBritishPOLITICS: trade unionist Norman ( David ). born 1933, British trade union leader; general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (1984–93)
2. WillisTed, Baron Willis of Chislehurst19181992MBritishWRITING: author Ted. Baron Willis of Chislehurst. 1918–92, British author. His works include the play Hot Summer Night (1959) and the novel Death May Surprise Us (1974)

Example Sentences

If you look at international retirement ages in the late 1950s, Willis says, you won’t notice much variance.

From Freakonomics

None of this surprised Willis very much, nor are these findings particularly robust.

From Freakonomics

Willis is fairly confident the effect is causal — that retirement leads to lower cognitive levels.

From Freakonomics

Willis got curious about the correlations he might find in this data.

From Freakonomics

We asked Willis whether boredom might have anything to do with the mental-retirement effect.

From Freakonomics

“We had a document about how much cocaine we needed to see as their supply dwindled down,” says producer Willis.

From The Daily Beast

But when Tarantino cast Travolta, he thought Willis would make a good Butch Coolidge.

From The Daily Beast

When Joan Leonard puts the set on, Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd are yelling at each other on Moonlighting.

From The Daily Beast

On the set, Bruce Willis goes into the bathroom and shuts the door.

From The Daily Beast

Willis, through a representative, declined to revisit the topic for this article.

From The Daily Beast

The pneumatic action used by Willis, Cavaill-Coll and a score of other builders leaves little to be desired.

From Project Gutenberg

As before stated, Cavaill-Coll and Willis worked as pioneers in perfecting and in introducing the pneumatic action.

From Project Gutenberg

To Willis, however, must be attributed greater advance in the utilization of heavy pressures for reed work.

From Project Gutenberg

Willis introduced into his organs pneumatic thumb-pistons about the year 1851.

From Project Gutenberg

Willis founded a new school of reed voicing and exerted an influence that will never die.

From Project Gutenberg