à terre
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of à terre
Borrowed into English from French around 1920–25
Example Sentences
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He moves with complete restraint and yet in the language of classical ballet: arabesques and grand ronds de jambe à terre.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2016
Halfway through my interview with Mary Higgins Clark in her Central Park South pied à terre, an earring slips out of her ear and clatters onto the coffee table.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2015
Oblivion in particular, with its emphasis on work, comes over as the daydream of some Ernst & Young IT contractor – with Tom Cruise in continuous transit, forever pining after his lakeside pied à terre.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2013
I can do one of my ronds de jambe à terre.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2012
As soon as the sowar had ridden away north, ventre à terre, the two grandees mounted and proceeded slowly through the ranks of the halted cavalcade.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
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