Example Sentences

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While my interest in superheroes is perhaps inversely related to the degree to which they have occupied the culture, my Francophilia is such that I am critical putty in its CGI-animated hands.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2016

This kind of masochistic Francophilia has no rationale.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2015

Not too long ago, Kerry’s Francophilia earned him ridicule.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2015

They will also be well served by not having to figure in a critic's peeves, like Sifton's noted antipathy to fine dining or Bryan Miller's oft noted Francophilia.

From Time • Sep. 21, 2011

The coming of the TGVs confirmed the Francophilia inherent in British train enthusiasm.

From Newsweek