Woolf

[ woolf ]

noun

1. Virginia Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, 1882–1941, English novelist, essayist, and critic.

Woolf

/ wʊlf /

noun

1. WoolfLeonard Sidney18801969MEnglishWRITING: publisherPOLITICS: political writer Leonard Sidney. 1880–1969, English publisher and political writer
2. WoolfVirginia18821941FEnglishWRITING: novelistWRITING: critic his wife, Virginia . 1882–1941, English novelist and critic. Her novels, which include Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), The Waves (1931), and Between the Acts (1941), employ such techniques as the interior monologue and stream of consciousness

Example Sentences

The Brontës, of course, but also Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Rebecca West and Virginia Woolf, all of whom achieved their successes with competition and support from their sisters.

From Los Angeles Times

After Holbrook ventured to the NRL, Kristian Woolf picked up the mantle and turned Saints into superstars of Super League, winning four titles in a row.

From BBC

“The public want longer and longer sentences,” Lord Woolf said.

From BBC

Then came “Virginia,” the play about modernist writer Virginia Woolf in 1981.

From Los Angeles Times

She lost out to Elizabeth Taylor who won for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? but A Man And A Woman did win the award for best foreign language film.

From BBC