Woolf

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/ wʊlf /

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noun

Virginia Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, 1882–1941, English novelist, essayist, and critic.

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How to use Woolf in a sentence

That same trip would have cost about $12,000 to $15,000 pre-pandemic, Woolf says.
There's a Travel Ban on Dogs From More Than 100 Countries, and You Can Blame COVID-19|Melissa Chan|November 10, 2021|Time
Virginia Woolf loved Wuthering Heights and considered Emily Brontë superior to her sister Charlotte.
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fans of Virginia Woolf may enjoy the following list of books written by her less famous female contemporaries.
These Female Contemporaries Weren’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf|Louisa Treger|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“And there is definitely a bit of Susan in this [with] Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf,” she said.
Annie Leibovitz Talks About ‘Pilgrimage,’ Susan Sontag, Vogue & More|Justin Jones|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

That luxury store had been founded years earlier by Herbert Woolf, a relative of the British writers Leonard and Virginia.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Emma Woolf's The Ministry of Thin is available from Soft Skull Press.
How the Ministry of Thin Enslaves Women|Emma Woolf|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This, added to Woolf's sarcastic manner of speech, roused Trevithick's anger.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
From the date of Woolf's patent in 1804, his pay from Trevithick ceased, and with it their friendship.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Arthur Woolf shortly after that time erected his double-cylinder engines in Cornwall.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Oats, Captain Trevithick's head boiler-maker, was constructing the boilers; Woolf came into the yard, and examined them.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The Woolf reversing gear employs but one eccentric, to the strap of which is cast an arm having a block pivoted at its end.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson

British Dictionary definitions for Woolf

Woolf

/ (wʊlf) /

noun

Leonard Sidney. 1880–1969, English publisher and political writer

his wife, Virginia . 1882–1941, English novelist and critic. Her novels, which include Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), The Waves (1931), and Between the Acts (1941), employ such techniques as the interior monologue and stream of consciousness

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