galère
Britishnoun
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a group of people having a common interest, esp a coterie of undesirable people
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an unpleasant situation
Etymology
Origin of galère
C18: literally: a galley
Example Sentences
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Both Armstrong and Depardieu, however, still have to follow the via crucis of the fallen celebrity, with fat books of advice from a gruesome galère of professional minders.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2013
Syjuco, who writes in English, spent years getting rejected by a depressing galère of myopic literary agents and publishers.
From The Guardian ● May 10, 2010
Then, as the replies showed that he had a gentleman before him, Captain Beresford added that he could not help asking, ‘Que diable allait il faire dans cette galère?’
From A Modern Telemachus by Charlotte Mary Yonge
What on earth should he be doing in this galère just now!
From Sir George Tressady — Volume I by Mrs. Humphry Ward
But at the time I did not know; I knew generally very little, and least of all what I was doing in that galère.
From The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad
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