Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hayes
IPA transcription: [h'eɪz]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Hayes, Rutherford_B._Hayes, Rutherford_Birchard_Hayes, President_Hayes
    Meaning: 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)
  • Synonyms: Hayes, Helen_Hayes
    Meaning: acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)
Usage examples
  • By Alfred Hayes, M.A.
  • Therefore, the Hayes administration represented "Negro Domination."
  • "After breakfast you must go up and stay with her a little while," said Mrs. Hayes.
  • Both the girls assured her that it was a good time just to be at the Hayes plantation.
  • Again, in 1876, Hayes was declared elected President by a majority of one vote in the electoral college.
  • Mrs. Hayes greeted them smilingly, but she said that Flora was not well and that Mammy would take her breakfast to her up-stairs.
  • Mr. Hayes states the problem of life extremely well, but his solution is sadly inadequate both from a psychological and from a dramatic point of view.
  • However, in spite of this commonplace conclusion there is a great deal in Mr. Hayes's poem that is strong and fine, and he undoubtedly possesses a fair ear for music and a remarkable faculty of poetical expression.