La Tour
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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La Tour d'Argent rose to fame in the 19th Century and gained notoriety for its signature duck dish, canard au sang, which translates to bloody duck and uses the bird's juices to make a sauce.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024
His lawyer, Pierre La Tour, declined to comment on the new charges, the newspaper reported.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023
Theatrically lit and emotionally overwrought, they harked back to the history painting of Jacques-Louis David, with the spectral atmosphere of Caravaggio or Georges de La Tour.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2023
In earthquake country, the last thing you want when a temblor hits is for your suspended Georges de La Tour masterpiece to start slapping against the wall.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2019
"Ernest," said La Tour d'Auvergne in a whisper, "we shall never conquer such a people: Napoleon himself cannot do it."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
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