Les Halles
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I was hungry, though, so I headed to Les Halles, the stunning steel-and-glass-covered market built in the beginning of the 20th century.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
At the documentary’s beginning — in footage shot before chef Anthony Bourdain of New York’s Les Halles became the best-selling author of “Kitchen Confidential” and a globe-traveling superstar TV personality — the fish is missing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Matta-Clark, fearing arrest and prosecution, fled to Paris, where he and a colleague, with full permission from the city, bored a very large round hole through an ancient house in the area around Les Halles.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
This recipe from "Les Halles" was conflict-inducing in the group: to truffle oil, or not to truffle oil?
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2018
I used to love to get up early and go down to "Les Halles," the French Covent Garden, and come back with literally armfuls of roses of all shades of delicate pink, white, and cream.
From Fanny Goes to War by Washington, Pat Beauchamp
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