Gissing
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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George Orwell called Gissing “perhaps the best novelist England has produced,” and the Guardian included “New Grub Street” on its 2015 list of the 100 best English-language novels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
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
“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
As Vera Gissing, she became a translator in England and raised a family there.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
There was no cab; and when he arrived at the Peacock Inn, where Sarah Gissing was now a barmaid, he learned that she was away on leave at a neighboring village.
From The Late Tenant by Louis Tracy
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