Three Sisters

noun

1. a play (1901) by Anton Chekhov.

Example Sentences

Keaton plays Lenny McGrath — the oldest of three sisters — in this 1986 black comedy also starring Diane Lange and Sissy Spacek.

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She and her three sisters once shared a six-bedroom house with their families, a multigenerational solution to Maui’s steep housing costs.

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Mahmoud, who lives with his wife, parents, and three sisters, does not know whether any of them will be able to join him if he is evacuated.

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"The boat was dangerously overcrowded, it was pitch-dark, water was flooding in, people were panicking. In that chaos, it was impossible to see that the three sisters, sitting deep inside the boat, had already drowned. When the survivors realised, it was sheer horror," she added.

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"What happened to the three sisters is unimaginable, as is the danger that people on the move face in search of safety," said Katja Schnitzer, a crewmember of the rescue boat.

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