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Sisley

American  
[sis-lee, sees-ley] / ˈsɪs li, sisˈleɪ /

noun

  1. Alfred 1839–99, French painter.


Sisley British  
/ ˈsɪslɪ, sislɛ /

noun

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

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UCLA’s Trent Perry makes a buzzer-beating three-pointer near the end of regulation before Indiana’s Trent Sisley makes a free throw in double overtime to seal a 98-97 Hoosiers win.

From Los Angeles Times

Freshman Trent Sisley made the first of two free throws with 0.3 seconds left to give the Hoosiers a one-point lead in the second overtime period after being fouled by Donovan Dent on an inbounds play.

From Los Angeles Times

Sisley missed the second attempt, and the clock ran out as Eric Dailey Jr. grabbed the rebound.

From Los Angeles Times

Renoir stopped making preparatory studies between 1865 and 1875 when, like his Impressionist colleagues Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro, he worked directly from the motif, without preliminaries.

From The Wall Street Journal

Los Angeles County Museum of Art is being gifted its first paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Édouard Manet, in addition to four works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Alfred Sisley, Wilhelm Lehmbruck and Maurice Brazil Prendergast.

From Los Angeles Times