Sisley

[ sis-lee; French sees-ley ]

/ ˈsɪs li; French sisˈleɪ /

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noun

Al·fred

[al-fred], /alˈfrɛd/, 1839–99, French painter.

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How to use Sisley in a sentence

In the next seven days, Flores-Williams will be filing an administrative appeal to have Sisley reinstated.
Why Did America’s Only Pot Researcher Suddenly Get Fired?|Abby Haglage|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The first time Dr. Sisley listened to a veteran with PTSD describe self-medicating with weed, she ignored him.
Why Did America’s Only Pot Researcher Suddenly Get Fired?|Abby Haglage|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Requests from Sisley for a location to conduct the study were continually tabled.
Why Did America’s Only Pot Researcher Suddenly Get Fired?|Abby Haglage|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“[Biggs] was concerned and upset that I was somehow engaging in political activity,” says Sisley.
Why Did America’s Only Pot Researcher Suddenly Get Fired?|Abby Haglage|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When months went by, then years, Sisley assumed her request would be stuck permanently in the HHS review process.
Why Did America’s Only Pot Researcher Suddenly Get Fired?|Abby Haglage|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The two artists who give the true thrill of this phase of the modern movement are without question Pissarro and Sisley.
Adventures in the Arts|Marsden Hartley
Men like Pissarro and Sisley were not forgetting Courbet and his admirable knowledge of reality.
Adventures in the Arts|Marsden Hartley
Jean Sisley writes: “Each truss will make in itself a splendid bouquet.”
Parsons on the Rose|Samuel Browne Parsons
Both were buried in the same grave in Sisley Grove cemetery.
History of Linn County Iowa|Luther A. Brewer
That rose so large and full, with a rare shade of violet red, brightened with crimson maroon, is Aline Sisley.
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British Dictionary definitions for Sisley

Sisley

/ (ˈsɪslɪ, French sislɛ) /

noun

Alfred (alfrɛd). 1839–99, French painter, esp of landscapes; one of the originators of impressionism

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