élans
- plural of élan.
Example Sentences
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It was her first glimpse into that gilt-edged bohemia, whence the generosities, the elans, the struggles of the true bohemia are as rigidly excluded as from the spheres where bishops moved.
From Beyond by Galsworthy, John
Eighty-one buffaloes defiled in slow procession before the fire of the travellers one evening within gun-shot, and herds of splendid elans stood at two hundred yards’ distance, without showing signs of fear.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
During this delay Dr Livingstone visited the country to the north of the village, where he saw enormous numbers of buffaloes, zebras, elans, and a beautiful small antelope called the tinyane.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
