Example Sentences

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Sam is about to invent democracy, mes frères!

From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019

The frères Cormack built their company around a carefully constructed nostalgia.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2016

It is from a French intellectual and reads: “Ce n’est qu’un au revoir, mes frères / Ce n’est qu’un au revoir”, this being the French version of Auld Lang Syne.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2016

But it's the faux-Marx frères who keep up the comic mayhem, with the clowning and impromptu quipping the Marxes perfected.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2012

It is true there are important establishments at Châlons, notably those of Jacquesson et fils, the Perriers, Freminet et fils, and Jacquard frères, the cellars of the first-named being, perhaps, unrivalled in the Champagne.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Vizetelly, Henry