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
Yet, lamenting this most sincerely on public grounds, I cannot but rejoice that Tom is not to be embarked dans cette maudite galère.
From Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
One wondered what she was doing in this galère.
From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad
But the tragic figure—the tragic possibility—in all this family galère at the present moment, of course, is Arthur.
From The Coryston Family A Novel by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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