French-style
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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I order French-style beef cubes, which are chunks of meat seasoned with spices like allspice and other ingredients you would find in French food with a Vietnamese influence.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025
Or could Germany's economic challenge be supplemented by a French-style ungovernable political impasse?
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024
Bertie Collins encouraged his mother to build a French-style house and, although he had no architectural credentials, proposed to design it himself.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2023
The batter takes a few minutes to whisk together, and then, because they’re thicker than French-style crepes but thinner than American-style pancakes, each one seems to come out perfectly flat and round without much trouble.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022
Sunlight poured through the three wide windows that faced the street and spread gold across the gray rug, the French-style sofa, chairs and end tables, the polished, glass-topped coffee table, and along the white walls.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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