Example Sentences

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Now, however, those opulent emblems are taking up real estate in more casual-dining rooms, from brasseries in Miami to steakhouses in Boston.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

Today, things have changed somewhat, and boards featuring both cheese and charcuterie have indeed become a common offering in brasseries and wine bars.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2023

Across the street from La Coupole, and, with the two others, the third point in a triangle of brasseries the same crowd frequented.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022

In short, the new Pastis takes almost everything straight from the old Pastis, which in turn took almost everything from the stodgiest, least trend-conscious sort of French cafes and brasseries.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2019

He is mute in the brasseries where they eat their lunches, mute in the shops where he gazes at beautiful belts, ties, paper, pens; mute on the rainy afternoon they spend together at the d’Orsay.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri