How do you use Joyce in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like writer or author, plus the exact meaning.
Joyce meaning
- An English and Irish surname originating as a patronymic.
- A female given name from the Celtic languages, associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice.
- An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States, named after founder Joseph M. Joyce.
Using Joyce
- The main meaning on this page is: An English and Irish surname originating as a patronymic. | A female given name from the Celtic languages, associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice. | An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States, named after founder Joseph M. Joyce.
- Useful related words include: james joyce, writer, author.
- In the example corpus, joyce often appears in combinations such as: joyce and, and joyce, the joyce.
Context around Joyce
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Joyce
- In this selection, "joyce" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, james, taking, arrogant, arrogant, doubted and whenever stand out and add context to how "joyce" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of mr joyce and mr and according to joyce ronaldo s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "joyce" sits close to words such as archbishop, backyard and falcons, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with joyce
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pound/Joyce: The Letters of Ezra Pound to James Joyce, with Pound's Essays on Joyce. (16 words)
Here Comes Everybody: An Introduction to James Joyce for the Ordinary Reader (1965); also published as Re Joyce. (18 words)
Joyce was initially refused entrance into Switzerland because the Swiss authorities thought he was a Jew, which amused Joyce. (19 words)
According to Joyce, Ronaldo's move to Saudi Arabia would also set a precedent for more big-name players to arrive and develop the Saudi league in the same way to Pele's impact on US Soccer after he joined New York Cosmos in 1975. (45 words)
The so-called James-Joyce-Kanzel (plateau) at the confluence of the Sihl and Limmat rivers in Zurich where Joyce loved to relax In 1915, after most of his students in Trieste were conscripted to fight in World War I, Joyce moved to Zurich. (44 words)
Seeing Hop and Joyce share a family with all three kids would have fulfilled many a fan fantasy, but knowing El is in Joyce's hands is the reassurance we needed after Eleven lost the only real father figure she's ever had. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bush, in taking Joyce’s words, initially would have done for Joyce what Joyce did for Molly Bloom, within the fiction of the text — that is, appropriate his words unbeknownst to him and place them in a new context.
Eliot said he found Joyce arrogant—Joyce doubted Eliot's ability as a poet at the time—but the two soon became friends, with Eliot visiting Joyce whenever he was in Paris.
Pound/Joyce: The Letters of Ezra Pound to James Joyce, with Pound's Essays on Joyce.
The so-called James-Joyce-Kanzel (plateau) at the confluence of the Sihl and Limmat rivers in Zurich where Joyce loved to relax In 1915, after most of his students in Trieste were conscripted to fight in World War I, Joyce moved to Zurich.
Joyce was initially refused entrance into Switzerland because the Swiss authorities thought he was a Jew, which amused Joyce.
Seeing Hop and Joyce share a family with all three kids would have fulfilled many a fan fantasy, but knowing El is in Joyce's hands is the reassurance we needed after Eleven lost the only real father figure she's ever had.
And Joyce's mistress, like all of his other staffers, was a frequent guest at the Joyce family home.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Paul Outlaw, a son, Timmy Joyce, and two sisters, Deloris Carter and Joyce Peacock.
Jack, Liz, Bob, Bruce & Joyce Reunite Decades Later On WBZ-TVThe legendary WBZ-TV team of Jack Williams, Liz Walker, Bob Lobel, Bruce Schwoegler and Joyce Kulhawik reunited to celebrate the station's 70th Anniversary.
Joyce, who fell out with Turnbull over an affair Joyce had with a former staffer, said “people are going to be really disappointed” by Turnbull’s decision not to serve his full three-year term.
Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a 21-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted riding the SkyTrain between Broadway and Joyce Street and again at the Joyce Station bus loop.
Although two senior Irish diplomats were in Switzerland at the time, neither attended Joyce's funeral, and the Irish government later declined Nora's offer to permit the repatriation of Joyce's remains.
Background Joyce first encountered the figure of Odysseus/Ulysses in Charles Lamb 's Adventures of Ulysses —an adaptation of the Odyssey for children, which seemed to establish the Roman name in Joyce's mind.
He concluded that where Mr. Morrissey's evidence differed from that of Mr. Joyce and Mr. Rourke, he preferred that of Mr. Joyce and Mr. Rourke.
Here Comes Everybody: An Introduction to James Joyce for the Ordinary Reader (1965); also published as Re Joyce.
Reaction to the work was mixed, including negative comment from early supporters of Joyce's work, such as Pound and the author's brother, Stanislaus Joyce.
There are at least five aspects to consider: 1. Joyce's musicality: Joyce had considerable musical talent, which expressed itself in his singing, piano and guitar playing, as well as in a melody that he composed.
The role played by Beckett and other assistants included collating words from these languages on cards for Joyce to use and, as Joyce's eyesight worsened, of writing the text from the author's dictation.
According to Joyce, Ronaldo's move to Saudi Arabia would also set a precedent for more big-name players to arrive and develop the Saudi league in the same way to Pele's impact on US Soccer after he joined New York Cosmos in 1975.
After the first suspected white shark attack in Canada for over 150 years, experts Greg Skomal, Heather Bowlby, Megan Winton, and Warren Joyce investigate what drives white shark’s journey to the northernmost limit of their range.
Common combinations with joyce
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: