Sentence examples for the gris from inspiring English sources
"We like the distinctive seafaring heritage of Essex, and the Gris has the best bar in Connecticut".
Immediately after the Gris, an unusual picture signed by Paul Klee in 1927 offered the German artist's version of Surrealism in a pseudo-naïf manner.
The "Gris," as its regulars refer to it, has been in continuous operation since 1776, and you can feel the age of the place.
At the São Paulo auto show this week, Bugatti unveiled a one-off version of its Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse called the Gris Rafale, carrying a price of 1.9 million euros, or $2.5 million.
Locals call it "the Gris," and it is known particularly for its Sunday brunch, based on the traditional English buffet it has served since the War of 1812, when the British briefly commandeered the town.
The Gris (pronounced Griz) is short for the Griswold, a historic 32-room inn and tavern built on Main Street in 1776 and now owned by the three Paul brothers, Doug, Geoff and Greg.
Dr. John is steeped in New Orleans barrelhouse piano, swampy bayou funk and the gris-gris mysticism that surrounds it.
He had explained that an elderly man to whom he had given a ride presented the gris-gris to him in gratitude.
It is to be taught that only such cannibalism, along with the gris-gris of traditional priests, allowed the M.L.C. to come so close to seizing the town.
"The most important preparations are made in the home of the marabout," Dieng said of the gris-gris containing Koranic verses, the baths infused with protective bark from the local baobab tree and other elements.
"The gris-gris and baths are just for protection against negative tongues and eyes," said Mbaye Gueye Dieng, a marabout, or spiritual guide, in the mystical Sufi tradition prevalent among Senegal's Muslim majority.
