Example Sentences

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Like a moth to a nontoxic flame, the store drew Instagram flâneurs in droves — but also plenty of grimaces and eye rolls from locals.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2021

It’s not surprising that these 21st-century flâneurs are different creatures from their 19th-century predecessors.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2013

The 21st century flâneurs at the center of these novels are dislocated and wayward.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2013

People who inhabit through motion include desert-dwellers, obliged to move with herds in search of feeding grounds and markets, and 19th-century flâneurs, gentleman strollers in search of fascination.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2012

The men and women whom I met in the street escape description; the flâneurs of the Unter den Linden are exactly like the flâneurs of the Boulevard des Italiens.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)