Leighton

[ leyt-n ]

noun

1. Frederick Baron Leighton of Stretton, 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.

Leighton

/ ˈleɪtən /

noun

1. LeightonFrederic18301896MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Frederic, 1st Baron Leighton of Stretton. 1830–96, British painter and sculptor of classical subjects: president of the Royal Academy (1878)

Example Sentences

Leighton develops forecasting models and investigates rapid intensification of hurricanes.

From Science News

Leighton is what happens when you grow up acting like a Gossip Girl character while suppressing everything about yourself that doesn’t fit the Blair Waldorf mold.

From Time

Miller was told her daughter, whom Miller had named Leighton, would be stillborn.

From Popular-Science

And Leighton Meester pens feminist essay on 'Of Mice and Men.'

From The Daily Beast

It was founded by an artists' collective that included John Singer Sargent, Walter Leighton Clark, and Edmund Greacen.

From The Daily Beast

Of course, Blair (Leighton Meester) chose Chuck (Ed Westwick) but Chuck first rejected her and then, we think, he was all into it.

From The Daily Beast

In thisPg 89 church is a remarkable altar fresco which was executed by the late Lord Leighton.

From Project Gutenberg

We found the enemy posted at Town Creek, four miles beyond Leighton.

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The cottage is all furnished, Mrs. Leighton says, and we would only have to bring bedding and towels, and things of that sort.

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The Leighton cottage was a rambling structure, suggesting a series of architectural after-thoughts.

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That retort was sent almost verbatim, only one slight change made necessary by a turn of phrase in Leighton's weak apology!

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