Lise

[ lee-suh, -zuh ]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.

Example Sentences

I was delighted, but Lise apologized profusely while she adjusted the lens.

From MIT Technology Review

Lise, who now lives in Minnesota, struggled with the effects of colorism for a long time.

From MIT Technology Review

When Lise was a young teenager in Georgia, her classmates bullied her relentlessly.

From MIT Technology Review

As she struggled to cope with the abuse, Lise convinced herself that the darkness of her skin was to blame.

From MIT Technology Review

Lise, who is more or less in years, in trying to render a young woman ridiculous, has changed so much as to become frightful.

From Project Gutenberg

"Madame la marquise has not been out this morning, monsieur," replied Mlle. Lise, the maid.

From Project Gutenberg

Janet and Lise would be growing up, there would be young men, and no place to see them save the sidewalks.

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Still rankling in Hannah's memory was a day when Lise had returned from school, dark and mutinous, with a tale of such a family.

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Even after Janet and Lise had gone to work the household never seemed to gain that margin of safety for which Hannah yearned.

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