Maupassant
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Maupassant hated the tower so much that, almost every day, he ate his lunch in the restaurant at the foot of the tower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
I love Normandy, only two hours from Paris — a land of great authors, such as Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
The noted Latinist Helen Waddell convincingly likened him to Maupassant.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2018
Once, they had ventured into “The Necklace,” by Maupassant, and at a rehearsal Bella had watched with abhorrence the boy who was playing her insignificant husband kick open an imaginary door.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
He read the letter as another student in the class did irreparable damage to the French language and a short story by de Maupassant.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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