Baudelaire
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Dandyism, Baudelaire wrote in 1863, was “a setting sun.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
As a teenager, the Chinese artist Tao Siqi was fascinated by the words of Charles Baudelaire, the French poet who was not exactly known for imagery of sweeping landscapes and cities in the rain.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
Spend any time with the garrulous Reggio and he’ll invoke wisdom from Nietzsche, Plato, Baudelaire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
But I found a different line on a mock street sign on the Rue Charles Baudelaire, in a middle-class neighborhood of the city’s 12th arrondissement: “There, there’s only order, beauty: abundant, calm, voluptuous.”
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
The Baudelaire children, alone in the kitchen, found themselves breathing heavily, as if they had just run a long distance.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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