amour
a love affair.
an illicit or secret love affair.
Origin of amour
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How to use amour in a sentence
My three favorite episodes are probably “College,” “Pine Barrens,” and “amour Fou.”
David Chase on Tony Soprano’s Fate, the State of TV, and Why He Couldn’t Finish ‘True Detective’ | Marlow Stern | September 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo, of the nominees, Michael Haneke deserves the award for his understated and masterful direction in amour.
‘Argo,’ ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ ‘Lincoln’: Who Will Win On Oscar Night? | Ramin Setoodeh, Marlow Stern | February 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShot on location in Greece after amour, it opened in French theaters last week.
Oscar’s 85-Year-Old Darling: A Talk With Emmanuelle Riva of ‘Amour’ | Tracy McNicoll | February 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, the most difficult part of the wild success of amour lies elsewhere.
Oscar’s 85-Year-Old Darling: A Talk With Emmanuelle Riva of ‘Amour’ | Tracy McNicoll | February 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe other nominees are the underdogs Michael Haneke (amour) and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild).
Oscar’s Best Director: Steven Spielberg vs. David O. Russell | Ramin Setoodeh | February 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is quite what I expected of him,what man of his type could find pardon for a blow to his own amour propre!
The Sorrows of Satan | Marie CorelliBut impersonality has prevented the Far Oriental from having much amour propre.
The Soul of the Far East | Percival LowellHis very birth is a stolen thing, the darkling fruit of a divine amour in a dusky cavern.
The Homeric Hymns | Andrew LangIt hurt not only his acquired republican feelings, but what lies far deeper than those, his amour propre.
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3) | Grant AllenHere was little of the amour propre of Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The Soul of John Brown | Stephen Graham
British Dictionary definitions for amour
/ French (amur) /
a love affair, esp a secret or illicit one
Origin of amour
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