Thoreau

[ thuh-roh, thawr-oh, thohr-oh ]

noun

1. Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.

Thoreau

/ ˈθɔːrəʊ; θɔːˈrəʊ /

noun

1. ThoreauHenry David18171862MUSWRITING: writerSOCIAL SCIENCE: social critic Henry David. 1817–62, US writer, noted esp for Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854), an account of his experiment in living in solitude. A powerful social critic, his essay Civil Disobedience (1849) influenced such dissenters as Gandhi

Other Words From

• Tho·reau·vi·an [th, uh, -, roh, -vee-, uh, n], adjective

Example Sentences

Opening with a quotation from Henry David Thoreau’s 1863 essay “Life Without Principle” including the lines “Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives / This world is a place of business / What an infinite bustle,” the film “La Cocina” sets out to fully examine those concepts, and how work can take over one’s life and sweep away all too many other concerns.

From Los Angeles Times

It was 1854 when Henry David Thoreau wrote: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation."

From BBC

Thoreau tapped into a feeling many men have, both then and now, of being unfulfilled - whether that's in their career, relationships or for reasons they can't quite put their finger on.

From BBC

I recognized the emphasis on Henry David Thoreau, an American writer who lived not far from where I had grown up in Massachusetts.

From New York Times

His quotes from “Walden” about the need to live deliberately and “suck out all the marrow of life” were already in our family mix: I’d sent a bit of Thoreau to my daughter in letters, an analog exchange that I recently wrote about in an essay for The Times.

From New York Times