Thurber

American  

[thur-ber] / ˈθɜr bər /

noun

1. James (Grover) 1894–1961, U.S. writer, caricaturist, and illustrator.

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Thurber British  

/ ˈθɜːbə /

noun

1. James ( Grover ). 1894–1961, US humorist and illustrator. He contributed drawings and stories to the New Yorker and his books include Is Sex Necessary? (1929), written with E. B. White

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Example Sentences

Thurber noted that Obama and Biden required their appointees to comply with an ethics pledge to avoid conflicts of interest.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025

My first school production was an adaptation of “A Thurber Carnival,” a James Thurber revue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

"We observed that some species of coral seem to remember exposure to past marine heat waves and maintain a higher level of health in subsequent heat waves," Vega Thurber said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023

“I never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, ‘Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Thurber was once asked by a correspondent: “Why did you have a comma in the sentence, ‘After dinner, the men went into the living-room’?”

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author