Wesley

[ wes-lee, wez- ]

/ ˈwɛs li, ˈwɛz- /

Charles,1707–88, English evangelist and hymnist.

his brotherJohn,1703–91, English theologian and evangelist: founder of Methodism.

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for wesley

In 1999, when my older son, Wesley, was in fifth grade, he brought home a copy of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.

Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of Reconciliation |Clifton Truman Daniel |August 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On Monday, he carried his gun with him to a movie theater in Wesley Chapel, Florida, an exurban community 26 miles north of Tampa.

With Guns, the Threatened Can Quickly Become the Threat |David Frum |January 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Wesley Emerson began producing adult movies in 1975 and only retired a few years ago.

Video Killed the Porn Star: The VHS and Fast Forwarding Revolution |Aurora Snow |October 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Actors Wesley Snipes is still a few weeks away from becoming a free man.

Out of Jail, Does Wesley Snipes Have a Second Act? |Allison Samuels |June 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

“Wesley would only come out to the set for close-ups,” remembers his co-star Patton Oswalt.

Out of Jail, Does Wesley Snipes Have a Second Act? |Allison Samuels |June 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Wesley never had a more earnest follower than this miner of St. Just.

Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines |R.M. Ballantyne
Artists employed their God-given powers in traducing Wesley and his people.

The Young People's Wesley |W. McDonald
Law was far more than a match for Wesley in any purely intellectual dispute.

The English Church in the Eighteenth Century |Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
He writes, "I have now preached thrice in Mr. Wesley's chapel, and God was with us of a truth."

George Whitefield |Joseph Belcher
As soon as Wesley died, his friends round his dead body raised their voices in a hymn, then knelt down and prayed.

British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV |Various

Wesley

/ (ˈwɛzlɪ) /

John . 1703–91, English preacher who founded Methodism

Mary, pseudonym of Mary Aline Siepmann. 1912–2003, British writer: her novels include The Camomile Lawn (1984) and An Imaginative Experience (1994)