Example Sentences

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Quand les hommes ne peuvent changer les choses, ils changent les mots.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2015

In passing, the Northampton man asked what lineouts were like when hommes were hommes and Moore used the immortal phrase "15 Eric Cantonas" to describe the opposition.

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2013

Our musical artistes have always been les hommes d’affaires—but where yesteryear’s stars were discreet about their grubby marketplace machinations, Usher and company flaunt them.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2012

Des hommes et des dieux / Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvais, France Can men be saints in the modern world?

From Time • May 22, 2010

Le succès permet toujours aux hommes de lettres le supporter très bien l'angoisse métaphysique, et Maeterlinck, grâce à ses admirateurs et à ses amis, était devenu un homme de lettres.

From Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Bithell, Jethro