Gustave
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Greens member of parliament Steevy Gustave said he felt like a "robot" repeating the same thing every day.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
He has approvingly quoted Gustave Flaubert’s line that by “gazing down into the black pit at one’s feet, one remains calm.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
In a well-reported case last year, a group of feminist artist-activists vandalised a 19th-Century painting of a woman's vulva by French artist Gustave Courbet, calling it misogynistic.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Unlike Manet, Degas, Renoir and Cassatt, Gustave Caillebotte mostly painted men rather than women — men at work, men in repose, even naked men getting out of the bath.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025
"Oh, but it's not just a social call. Right, Gustave?"
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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