âme damnée
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of âme damnée
Literally, “damned soul”
Example Sentences
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Though, to be sure, this very morning I had another note from Cadogan—Marlborough's âme damnée you know—pressing it on me that nothing should get abroad.
From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)
This gentleman was the satellite, the adherent, and field marshal, the âme damnée, of Mackintavers.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
The officer was Mornac, the Emperor’s alter ego, or âme damnée, who had taken over the entire department the very day I left Paris for the frontier.
From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
She suffered from chronic toothache, as well as from repressed romantic aspirations, and was the âme damnée of Rupert.
From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton
Turkey, through Enver, who had imported from the Fatherland a band of military “instructors” under Liman von Sanders, became the âme damnée of Germany.
From England and Germany by Hughes, William Morris
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