Woolf

[woolf]

noun

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

Woolf

/ wʊlf /

noun

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

2. 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

Example Sentences

Pearly clouds gather over the ocean in the distance, a view that evokes the moody landscapes of Virginia Woolf’s novels.

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CHICAGO—Rev. Michael Woolf had stood for hours on the uneventful front lines of a demonstration at the ICE processing center in the suburb of Broadview, when things suddenly shifted.

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Other contenders included an oak that may have inspired Virginia Woolf and a lime representing peace in Northern Ireland, a nod to this year's theme of "rooted in culture".

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A cedar tree climbed by The Beatles, an oak that may have inspired Virginia Woolf, and a King of Limbs near Marlborough are among ten nominees to be named Tree of the Year 2025.

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Throughout the novel, Rhys references Kant, De Beauvoir, Sartre, Virginia Woolf and Epictetus, among others, using knowledge as a balm and escape hatch.

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