Auden

[ awd-n ]

noun

1. W(ys·tan) H(ugh) [wis, -t, uh, n], 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.

Auden

/ ˈɔːdən /

noun

1. AudenW(ystan) H(ugh)19071973MUSEnglishWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: criticMUSIC: librettist W ( ystan ) H ( ugh ). 1907–73, US poet, dramatist, critic, and librettist, born in Britain; noted for his lyric and satirical poems and for plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood

Example Sentences

The poet Auden said, “Thousands have lived without love; none without water.”

From The Daily Beast

In Oxford, Lear will relate stories from the lives of figures like W.H. Auden, Lewis Carroll, and T.E. Lawrence.

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There are no signs yet, to paraphrase W.H. Auden, that the dreadful martyrdom of JFK has run its course.

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Proust liked to have two cups with milk, but Auden, quite to the contrary, only took one.

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A culture,” the poet W.H. Auden observed, “is no better than its woods.

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Life, said Auden Spoon-bill, is pretty fine, no matter how it is arranged.

From Project Gutenberg

Then along the bank from the direction of the date palms came Auden Spoon-bill, he who had gone to Delilahs heart.

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Auden Spoon-bill went along parallel to the shore of the river until he saw Delilah standing in the pale green water.

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