Gissing
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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By the late-19th century, “Grub Street” had become a generic term for ambitious, worldly—and mostly talentless—writers, everything the classicist Gissing abhorred.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Gissing was already in ill-health when “Ryecroft” was released in 1903 and he seemed to know that this was his farewell, which he crafted with sad appreciation:
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
“Failing to do so is a loss to the city,” Gissing said, after stopping by on Viet-Wah’s last day to say goodbye.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022
And in 1988, when he was nearly 80 and appearing on the BBC television program “That’s Life,” he was introduced to Mrs. Gissing and some of the other children whose lives he had saved.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022
The book on George Gissing I have already mentioned.
From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Overton, Grant Martin
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