incroyable
interjection
incredible; unbelievable.
incroyables
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pluralof incroyable.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"I've studied this period — my graduation collection was inspired by the incroyables, the sans-culottes, the French Revolution. "
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2016
On this fateful evening the incroyables and the merveilleuses were amusing themselves within the walls of the Palace of Narcissus.
From The Nameless Castle by Mór Jókai
The broad, cravat-like bows, and the flaring ones known as "incroyables," were beneficently wedge-like faces and throats that have lost the seductive curves of youth.
From What Dress Makes of Us by Dorothy Quigley
The shepherds stood back while the incroyables danced their quadrille.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
And, of course, all the rest of the incroyables knew it in no time.
From The Tigress by Anne Warner
