Verne

[ vurn; French vern ]

noun

1. Jules [joolz, zh, y, l], 1828–1905, French novelist.
2. a male given name, form of Vernon.

Verne

/ vɛrn; vɜːn /

noun

1. VerneJules18281905MFrenchWRITING: science-fiction writer Jules (ʒyl). 1828–1905, French writer, esp of science fiction, such as Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)

Example Sentences

There was his early passion for literature, which led him, as a boy, to spend hours poring over adventure novels by Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne.

From Los Angeles Times

“Tradition is everything at Augusta National — everything,” said Verne Lundquist, who covered the Masters for 40 years for CBS before retiring last year.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s piecemeal,” her 89-year-old husband Verne said about stocking up again.

From Los Angeles Times

“Some of these changes seem to have occurred early in evolution suggesting that the evolution of their superpowered immune system could be closely linked to the evolution of their ability to fly,” Vernes said.

From Salon

Mann came all the way from the San Gabriel Valley’s La Verne to hawk his Trump trinkets outside the inauguration, which was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda because of the frigid temperatures.

From Los Angeles Times