Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ilse
IPA transcription: ['ɪls]
Usage examples
  • 'Who knows?' cried Dame Ilse at last, 'the wretch may have been idling in some tavern since early morning.'
  • Dame Ilse knew right well what a torment she had been to her husband, and remorse caused her the gloomiest forebodings.
  • When Dame Ilse and her daughter returned they wondered to find the house door shut, and Master Peter nowhere to be seen.
  • When Dame Ilse had set something to eat before her husband, she was curious to hear his adventures, and questioned him eagerly as to why he had gone away.
  • After that the neighbours went out with long poles to fish in every ditch and pond, but they found nothing, and then Dame Ilse gave up the idea of ever seeing her husband again and very soon consoled herself, only wondering how the sacks of corn were to be carried to the mill in future.