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Welty

[ wel-tee ]

noun

  1. Eu·do·ra [yoo-, dawr, -, uh, -, dohr, -, uh], 1909–2001, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.


Welty

/ ˈwɛltɪ /

noun

  1. WeltyEudora19092001FUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer Eudora. 1909–2001, US novelist and short-story writer, noted for her depiction of life in the Mississippi delta. Her novels include Delta Wedding (1946) and The Optimist's Daughter (1972)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Welty also notes that if you want something custom, the sooner you commission it, the better, as makers have limited time to put unique pieces together.

Welty was such a character, and the two of them are hyper-literate.

He told Flagg he had an extra ticket to see Eudora Welty at the 92nd Street Y the following week and invited her to use it.

None of these characters would be caught dead in a novel by John Steinbeck, Carson McCullers, or Eudora Welty.

Writers ranging from Ray Bradbury to Eudora Welty to Amos Oz have credited this classic text as an influence.

Nadine Gordimer once called Phillips “the best short-story writer since Eudora Welty.”

Welty had been taken in the night before, his bruises had been anointed, and he had been provisioned for the journey.

There was to be preaching at Welty's that day, and a love-feast in the evening.

"Won't you go tonight; we will pay the way," insisted the persuasive Welty.

"You are a poor inveigler," said Welty to Monroe, facetiously.

"An extra levy has been made on the red-lighters," replied Welty.

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