Joyce

[ jois ]

noun

1. James (Augustine Aloysius), 1882–1941, Irish novelist.
2. William Lord Haw-Haw, 1906–46, U.S. and English Nazi propagandist in Germany.
3. a female or male given name: from a French word meaning “joy.”

Joyce

/ dʒɔɪs /

noun

1. JoyceJames (Augustine Aloysius)18821941MIrishWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer James ( Augustine Aloysius ). 1882–1941, Irish novelist and short-story writer. He profoundly influenced the development of the modern novel by his use of complex narrative techniques, esp stream of consciousness and parody, and of compound and coined words. His works include the novels Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939) and the short stories Dubliners (1914)
2. JoyceWilliam19061946MBritishPOLITICS: Nazi propagandist William, known as Lord Haw-Haw. 1906–46, British broadcaster of Nazi propaganda to Britain, who was executed for treason

Example Sentences

The desire to compete with or detach from the duopoly of Google and Facebook is part of the draw, Joyce said.

From Digiday

Dormeshia, Grant and Smith opted not to perform in “The Mayor of Harlem,” filmed at the Joyce in early May, so as to give opportunities to other artists.

From Washington Post

After the products sold out quickly, Joyce added the brand to its permanent lineup.

From Digiday

Bob and Joyce, who volunteer as administrators of the Federal Communications Commission licensing exam, back this up, saying that most new sign-ups are interested in wilderness preparedness and disaster relief.

From Outside Online

On Thursday, Qantas’s Joyce said the stalled bubble proved vaccines are the best hope for returning global travel back to normal.

From Fortune

I really turned on in particular to James Joyce, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Günter Grass.

From The Daily Beast

Psychologist Joyce Benenson has spent 25 years studying the different ways men and women compete.

From The Daily Beast

That Joyce has stopped being about literature and is almost a religion to a lot of people.

From The Daily Beast

On our way back into Città Vecchia we poke our heads into some random, hole-in-the-wall joints looking for signs of Joyce.

From The Daily Beast

This is where Joyce began writing Circe, the night town episode of Ulysses.

From The Daily Beast

When they were gone, Cynthia and Joyce turned and looked long and incredulously into each other's eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

Then came the strange note this morning, which I believe you, Miss Joyce, are responsible for!

From Project Gutenberg

Joyce, and Mr. Armiger, and my father and mother with me, where they stand till I was weary of their company and so away.

From Project Gutenberg

In comes Will Joyce to us drunk, and in a talking vapouring humour of his state, and I know not what, which did vex me cruelly.

From Project Gutenberg

Pall, who went this day to a child's christening of Kate Joyce's, staid out all night at my father's, she not being well.

From Project Gutenberg