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Antoine

[ an-twahn; French ahn-twan ]

noun

  1. An·dré [ah, n, -, drey], 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
  2. Père [pe, r] Francisco Ildefonso Mareno, 1748–1829, Roman Catholic priest in Louisiana: tried to establish an Inquisition.
  3. a male given name: French form of Anthony.


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Example Sentences

There are a few good ones, Antoine says, but he complained bitterly of a lack of responsiveness.

Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.

Antoine, a 40-year-old DJ who works at the airport, says he fears for his children if the police stop doing their jobs.

The “new civility” promoted by Antoine Courtin expected the mouth to be kept shut when smiling.

In 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupery wrote in The Little Prince that language is the source of misunderstandings.

Madame Antoine busied herself in the large front room preparing dinner.

Madame Antoine had cooked little else than the mullets, but while Edna slept Robert had foraged the island.

Madame Antoine seated her fat body, broad and squat, upon a bench beside the door.

They never come now to seek a lodging and good living in the Rue Saint-Antoine.

Thus they made their way in good array down the Rue Saint-Antoine, which was densely crowded with men, women, and children.

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