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Three Sisters

American  

noun

  1. a play (1901) by Anton Chekhov.


Example Sentences

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One late winter afternoon, the three sisters were invited to the Rochester home of a family named Draper.

From Literature

All three sisters looked down, filled with an unspoken grief.

From Literature

"I really feel proud because I can support my family, my parents and three sisters. I can pay the rent," said Alavi, who was wearing a burgundy coat which had a few pieces of leftover coloured thread stuck to it.

From Barron's

From hosting streaming events at the Three Sisters pub in the capital, a splinter group has formed and they now attend ice hockey games together.

From BBC

“A friend of mine told me a story that hooked me: Three sisters live soul-to-soul, but their peaceful existence is disrupted by a man who suddenly appears,” writes animator Konstantin Bronzit, recipient of his third Oscar nomination, via email.

From Los Angeles Times