Peale

[ peel ]

noun

1. Charles Will·son [wil, -s, uh, n], 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
2. Norman Vincent, 1898–1993, U.S. Protestant clergyman and author.
3. Raph·a·elle [raf, -ey-el, -ee-el, rey, -fee-], 1774–1825, and his brother Rem·brandt [rem, -brant], 1778–1860, U.S. painters (sons of Charles Willson Peale).

Example Sentences

Terens, who is participating in a longevity study at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said his life has been deeply influenced by the work of the late Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote the 1952 best-seller, “The Power of Positive Thinking.”

From Seattle Times

The only religion he's ever known has been Norman Vincent Peale's Prosperity Gospel, which is itself a venal, disgusting twisting cooked up to serve the wealthy and punish the poor.

From Salon

The result, described by artist Charles Willson Peale many years later, was that “he was now a cripple & in an extraordinary manner,” referring to knees that were remarkably disfigured.

From Literature

Artworks in “Leisure, Culture, and Comfort: 18th and 19th Century America,” including a painting by Charles Willson Peale from 1771, the earliest image in the exhibition, will show old-fashioned scenes of women playing for pleasure or holding guitars passively.

From New York Times

The near life-size image of Washington — cast as a Revolutionary War hero after the Battle of Princeton, a blue sash adorning his chest — certainly resembled other Peale portraits.

From New York Times