Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sue
IPA transcription: [s'u]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Sue, Eugene_Sue
    Meaning: French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: action, sue, litigate, process
    Meaning: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
Usage examples
  • Sue was silent.
  • He would sue it.
  • Sue, I believe you are not happy!"
  • Jude could hardly speak, but he said, "I thought there was something wrong, Sue!
  • Mary Louise went to her room and was promptly pounced upon by Dorothy Knerr and Sue Finley, who roomed just across the hall from her and were delighted to find she was to become a regular boarder.
  • Sue, evidently just come in, was standing with her hat on in this front parlour or sitting-room, whose walls were lined with wainscoting of panelled oak reaching from floor to ceiling, the latter being crossed by huge moulded beams only a little way above her head.
  • In the lonely room of his aunt's house, Jude sat watching the cottage of the Widow Edlin as it disappeared behind the night shade. He knew that Sue was sitting within its walls equally lonely and disheartened; and again questioned his devotional motto that all was for the best.
  • The king's wife is considered as a subject; but is exempted from the law which forbids any married woman to possess property in her own right during the lifetime of her husband; she may sue any person at law without joining her husband in the suit; may buy and sell lands without his interference; and she may dispose of her property by will, as if she were a single woman.