Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: woodley
IPA transcription: [w'ʊdli]
Usage examples
  • "Do you mean Miss Woodley?
  • "He no dar, Mass' Woodley."
  • "Nay," said Miss Woodley, "she does not weep for that--she fears her father has not complied with her mother's request.
  • "No, Mass' Woodley," replied the black, in a voice that betrayed a large measure of emotion, "he are not dar--Massa Henry am not.
  • It is unnecessary to say with what delight Sandford was received by Miss Woodley, and the hapless daughter of Lady Elmwood, even before he told his errand.
  • "Do not be so much alarmed, my dear," said Miss Woodley; "you know we are prepared for the worst; and you know you promised your mother, whatever your fate should be, to submit with patience."
  • Notwithstanding the joy of Mr. Sandford's presence, once more to cheer their solitary dwelling; no sooner were the first kind greetings over, than the dread of what he might have to inform them of, possessed poor Matilda and Miss Woodley so powerfully, that all their gladness was changed into affright.
  • For Matilda (with an excellent understanding, a sedateness above her years, and early accustomed to the most private converse between Lady Elmwood and Miss Woodley) was perfectly acquainted with the whole fatal history of her mother; and was, by her, taught the respect and admiration of her father's virtues which they justly merited.