Irving

[ ur-ving ]

noun

1. Sir Henry John Henry Brodribb, 1838–1905, English actor.
2. John, born 1942, U.S.-Canadian novelist, born in the United States.
3. Washington, 1783–1859, U.S. essayist, story writer, and historian.
4. a city in northeastern Texas, near Dallas.
5. a male given name.

Irving

/ ˈɜːvɪŋ /

noun

1. IrvingSir Henry18381905MEnglishTHEATRE: actorTHEATRE: theatre manager Sir Henry. real name John Henry Brodribb. 1838–1905, English actor and manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London (1878–1902)
2. IrvingWashington17831859MUSWRITING: essayistWRITING: short-story writer Washington. 1783–1859, US essayist and short-story writer, noted for The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1820), which contains the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Example Sentences

Large groups - fuelled by Tyson nostalgia - gathered outside the Toyota Music Factory in Irving before fight-week festivities, wanting to get as close to him as they could as he got out of his car.

From BBC

Perhaps the most bizarre moment at Wednesday's event at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving came when Liverpool's Bellew inaudibly shouted into a microphone – which he had brought along - from the press area.

From BBC

We had finished “Chicago 16,” and Irving Azoff got ahold of us and said, “We have this movie called ‘Summer Lovers,’ and we’d like you guys to write a song for it.’”

From Los Angeles Times

Both in the film and in real life, Cohn bragged about coercing Judge Irving Kaufman to sentence her to execution despite widespread outrage that the sentence was excessive.

From Salon

I also worked collaboratively, I should say, with the photographer, Irving Penn. Together we did the food photographs for Vogue for 10 years.

From Salon