Poncelet
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"The situation is very dire," lamented Amaury Poncelet, a cereal farmer in central Belgium.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
“If you can create programs that get youth curious and invested in STEM,” Poncelet said, “then those same people can turn right back around and buy back the block.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
As Prejean tries to comfort Poncelet, she grows to empathize with both the killer and his victim’s families.
From Fox News ● Apr. 13, 2020
“When you have such limited resources, you can do harm rather than solve problems if you only work on one disease, because it distorts the system,” said Poncelet.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2016
The north pole is like the point at infinity that Kepler and Poncelet imagined.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.