De Sica

[ duh -see-kuh; Italian de -see-kah ]

/ də ˈsi kə; Italian dɛ ˈsi kɑ /

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noun

Vit·to·rio

[vi-tawr-ee-oh, -tohr-; Italian veet-taw-ryaw], /vɪˈtɔr iˌoʊ, -ˈtoʊr-; Italian vitˈtɔ ryɔ/, 1901–74, Italian motion-picture director, producer, and actor.

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Words nearby De Sica

deserving, desex, desexualize, deshabille, desi, De Sica, desiccant, desiccate, desiccated, desiccation, desiccator

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How to use De Sica in a sentence

After appearing in a number of forgettable films, she met with De Sica, who was casting the 1954 anthology film “The Gold of Naples.”
With ‘The Life Ahead,’ Sophia Loren is approaching her 100th movie. She’s going for much more.|Ann Hornaday|November 5, 2020|Washington Post
In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
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They tried to continue their getaway but had to quickly abandon their vehicle on the Rue de Meaux in the 19th.
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Humans spent a long time domesticating cattle, and what they were trying to do, in essence, was de-domesticate them.
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The band was still on its way back as De Blasio and his wife departed.
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Yet even after the funeral protest, de Blasio was booed and heckled while addressing a new class of recruits as well.
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Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Then the door opened, the portiere was swept aside, and Anselme announced "Monsieur de Garnache."
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
One evening, while he was thus engaged, he observed de Patinos and Duke Wharton enter together.
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Without any known cause of offence, a tacit acknowledgement of mutual dislike was shewn by Louis and de Patinos.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for De Sica

de Sica

/ (Italian de ˈsiːka) /

noun

Vittorio (vitˈtɔːrjo). 1902–74, Italian film actor and director. His films, in the neorealist tradition, include Shoeshine (1946) and Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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