French-style
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Or could Germany's economic challenge be supplemented by a French-style ungovernable political impasse?
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024
Sofitel, a French-style hotel in Beverly Hills, reached a tentative deal with the union last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024
The existing complex dates to 1976, when Chateau Ste. Michelle built a French-style winery on the site of an estate that once belonged to Seattle lumber baron Frederick Stimson.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
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
Miguel, Alba, and her brother stopped before a French-style house that looked like a cream cake, with cherubs carved along the friezes.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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