douce
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- doucely adverb
- douceness noun
Etymology
Origin of douce
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French (feminine) < Latin dulcis sweet; dulcet
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Liberation correspondent Agnes Faivre and Sophie Douce, a French correspondent for French newspaper Le Monde, were expelled and given 24 hours to leave the country with no explanation.
From Seattle Times
Faivre was ordered to leave that evening and Douce the following day, they both arrived in Paris Sunday.
From Seattle Times
Sophie Douce, a French correspondent for Le Monde, and Agnes Faivre, correspondent for Liberation, were given 24 hours to leave the West African country with no explanation, said articles by both newspapers on Sunday.
From Seattle Times
Douce had been based in the country since 2018, covering it with “rigor, impartiality and independence,” said Le Monde.
From Seattle Times
Sophie Douce of Le Monde and Agnès Faivre of Libération arrived in Paris after being given 24 hours to leave.
From BBC
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
