Sisley
[sis-lee; French sees-ley]
- Al·fred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/, 1839–99, French painter.
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Contemporary Examples
In the next seven days, Flores-Williams will be filing an administrative appeal to have Sisley reinstated.
The first time Dr. Sisley listened to a veteran with PTSD describe self-medicating with weed, she ignored him.
Requests from Sisley for a location to conduct the study were continually tabled.
“[Biggs] was concerned and upset that I was somehow engaging in political activity,” says Sisley.
When months went by, then years, Sisley assumed her request would be stuck permanently in the HHS review process.
Historical Examples
Both were buried in the same grave in Sisley Grove cemetery.
History of Linn County IowaLuther A. Brewer
His colour, by its liberality of application, counts more forcibly than that of Pissarro, Monet or Sisley.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and MeaningWillard Huntington Wright
There is no more or less actual composition in Sisley than in other of the Impressionists.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and MeaningWillard Huntington Wright
This is not wholly true; but it is certain that Guillaumin and Sisley are greatly indebted to his clarity of reason.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and MeaningWillard Huntington Wright
Sisley Grove was at a very early time a place where all the settlers, as well as travellers, congregated.
History of Linn County IowaLuther A. Brewer
Sisley
- Alfred (alfrɛd). 1839–99, French painter, esp of landscapes; one of the originators of impressionism
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