Example Sentences

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Totems of Frenchness fill the modern interior, where the liqueurs are on display and the French press coffee is ready.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2023

Referring to another message describing two of the film-makers as "weak and stupid", she said: "It's my Frenchness coming out sometimes."

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2023

At least it looked offensive to the French, or perhaps rather to people of Frenchness, or people with Gallic inclinations, or people under the influence of French civilization.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2023

“Sempé embodies Frenchness, the ways he depicted Paris, France’s little villages and scenes of daily life,” and “a form of innocence and joy,” Gabs said at the funeral.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2022

"That he is—and doesn't understand his own language either," answered Uncle Ben, in a voice indicating that that lack of comprehension rather intensified his friend's Frenchness than otherwise.

From Roden's Corner by Merriman, Henry Seton